DENIAL Synonyms

• 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

• denial of any connection with or knowledge of

• (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

• a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement

• the speech act of negating

• (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

• 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

• 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

• the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947

• protection from harm

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the justification for some act or belief

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

• (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• the trait of practicing self discipline

• the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others