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deny   (TTS Sound)

The verb deny has 7 senses

• deny -- (declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money")


• deny -- (refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness")


• deny -- (refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day")


• deny, refuse -- (refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance")


• deny, abnegate -- (deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits")


• traverse, deny -- (deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit)


• deny -- (refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus")