DENEGATION Synonyms

• 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

• a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing

• the expression of disapproval

• an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group

• the act of disapproving or condemning

• (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority

• a difference of opinion

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• withhold assent

• express opposition through action or words

• be of different opinions

• disagreeing, especially with a majority

• the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

• (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

• the act of refusing

• a message refusing to accept something that is offered

• the act of rejecting something

• the state of being rejected

• (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

• the speech act of rejecting

• rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid

• refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)

• the exposure of falseness or pretensions

• an instance of driving away or warding off

• force or drive back

• be repellent to; cause aversion in

• cause to move back by force or influence

• a vote that blocks a decision

• the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)

• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

• command against