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All deny synonyms

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verb deny

  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • revoke β€” to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
  • refute β€” to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • contradict β€” If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
  • withhold β€” to hold back; restrain or check.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • turn down β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • ban β€” To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
  • rebuff β€” a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
  • call on β€” If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
  • repudiate β€” to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • disbelieve β€” to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
  • curb β€” If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
  • negate β€” to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • disown β€” to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
  • forgo β€” to abstain or refrain from; do without.
  • abjure β€” If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
  • negative β€” expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • forbid β€” to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
  • discredit β€” to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
  • doubt β€” to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
  • restrain β€” to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
  • disprove β€” to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • forsake β€” to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
  • contravene β€” To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
  • veto β€” the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • sacrifice β€” the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
  • disallow β€” to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • nullify β€” to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
  • begrudge β€” If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
  • taboo β€” proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV. Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed. Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned.
  • abnegate β€” to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
  • gainsay β€” to deny, dispute, or contradict.
  • disclaim β€” to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
  • spurn β€” to reject with disdain; scorn.
  • disavow β€” to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
  • controvert β€” to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
  • discard β€” to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
  • recant β€” to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
  • rebut β€” to refute by evidence or argument.
  • disagree β€” to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • renounce β€” to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • block β€” A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • forswear β€” to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • hold back β€” to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • keep back β€” to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
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