denials

Meanings

Noun

• the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
• the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
• plural of denial

Synonyms

abnegation, defence, defense, demurrer, denial, disaffirmation, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciation

Antonyms

prosecution