denial
[di'naiәl]
n. 否

[] 否, 否, 拒绝接受

1. The government has issued a denial of an election in May.
   政府声否月份选举。
2. The prisoner repeated denials of the charges against him.
   囚犯被控罪再否。
3. His reply approaches to a denial.
   回乎等拒绝。

denial
[ noun ]

1. the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

<noun.communication>
it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges

2. the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

<noun.communication>

3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

<noun.process>

4. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

<noun.act>

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

<noun.act>
he gave evidence for the defense

Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See {Deny}.]
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.