Antonym: Confirmation, acknowledgment, affirmation, concession. Similar words: colonial, residential, presidential, Palestinian, senior, even if, lenient, opening. Meaning: [dɪ'naɪəl] 
n. 1. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) 2. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true 3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts 4. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others 5. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him.
n. 1. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request) 2. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true 3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts 4. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others 5. a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him. 
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91. The causal connection between mood-altering substance or behaviour and the damaging consequences continues to be denied and the denial is intensified.
92. Last night Buckingham Palace sources were forced to make an unprecedented denial that this trip would be the couple's last together.
93. It may seem too much like confinement, a denial of individual enterprise and the constraining of intuition into patterns of conformity.
94. He nods his assent and then, realizing he's made a mistake, vigorously shakes his head in denial.
95. Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.
96. Haigh's denial of the existence of anti-clericalism on the eve of the Reformation is a case in point.
97. The introduction to his book contains a strong denial that he is an atheist, revolutionary or opponent of sovereign rulers.
98. However, it is foolish to live with the denial of death,[sentencedict.com] as modern culture tends to do.
99. The denial rate is high among people with severe mental illnesses.
100. This is not a new version of the Austinian denial that international law is law properly so called.
101. It is just this denial of anything beyond what is directly given in experience that marks Berkeley out as an empiricist.
102. For instance, it has been suggested that the prejudiced themes exist at a psychologically deeper level than the denial of prejudice.
103. Denial by the physically abused person is another barrier to obtaining accurate figures.
104. To what extent does its dependence on charitable donations make it an involuntary party in the game of denial?
105. Of course, I was only displaying the ultimately cliched boomer trait, a tortured denial of my own advancing years.
106. It also taught me not to be in denial when my employer runs into trouble.
107. This latter rage comes as a reflex out of denial of what the oppressors have done.
108. His slow swoop across the floor to the fireplace was meticulous in its denial of grace.
109. By itself, this denial of Filmer's view could entail a theory of communal property.
110. To help Dern, Redgrave has to tear away some serious layers of denial.
111. He was an ebullient, larger than life denial of all that was Right: he chain-smoked and drank too much.
112. This denial of pain extends to all aspects of life within the work place.
113. When an organization as a whole is engaged in the process of denial, its individual members often follow suit.
114. His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.
115. Science is self-correcting whereas religion lives in constant denial.
116. They protest against the continue denial of civil liberty.
117. He gave us an emphatic denial.
118. The accusation brought a speedy denial.
119. YES. Denial of Holocaust has been outlawed by legislation.
120. This does not justify the denial of constitutional protection.
More similar words: colonial, residential, presidential, Palestinian, senior, even if, lenient, opening, screening, convenience, deny, dense, wooden, sudden, trial, incident, density, student, evident, social, racial, identify, tendency, identity, evidence, resident, partial, socially, crucial, initial.