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Webster 1913 Edition
Denial
1.
The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; – the contrary of
affirmation
. You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or
denial
may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2.
A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.
3.
A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king’s subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory
denials
. Hallam.
4.
A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; – the contrary of confession;
as, the
denial
of a fault charged on one; a denial
of God.Denial of one's self
, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
Webster 1828 Edition
Denial
DENIAL
, n.1.
An affirmation to the contrary; an assertion that a declaration or fact stated is not true; negation; contradiction. It is often expressed by no or not, simply.2.
Refusal to grant; the negation of a request or petition; the contrary to grant, allowance or concession; as, his request or application met with a direct denial.3.
A rejection, or refusing to acknowledge; a disowning; as a denial of God: or a refusing to receive or embrace; as a denial of the faith or the truth.4.
A denial of ones self, is a declining of some gratification; restraint of ones appetites or propensities.