deny.
To disallow or reject.
Meaning & usage
To disallow or reject.
I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
To assert that something is not true.
to deny a rumour to deny an allegation
I deny that I was at the party.
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
My father denied me a good education.
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
To prevent from scoring.
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
Jesus prophesied that by the time the cock crowed, Peter would have denied him three times.
To refuse (to do or accept something).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.
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