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denyverb to declare not to be truethe congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing contradict, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, refute, reject, repudiate traversechallenge, confute, disprove, rebutdisagree (with), dispute acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own accept, adopt, embrace, espouseaffirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare, maintain, profess, submitauthenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify to be unwilling to grantthe director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know decline, disallow, disapprove, negative, nix, refuse, reject, reprobate, withhold ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, vetorebuff, repel, spurncheck, constrain, curb, hold, keep, repress, restrain, restrictbalk (at), hinder, impede, obstruct allow, concede, grant, let, OK(or okay), permit afford, furnish, give, provide, supplyauthorize, commission, license(also licence)accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrantaccord, sanction, vouchsafe to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibilityin a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature disavow, disclaim, disown, repudiate contradict, disallow, gainsay, negate, negative, refuse, rejectchallenge, confute, criticize, disprove, rebut, refutedispute, questionabdicate, abjure, recant, renounce, retract wash one's hands of acknowledge, avow, claim, own, recognize accept, adopt, embrace, espouseadmit, concede, confess, grantaffirm, announce, assert, aver, declare, maintain, profess, submitauthenticate, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify deny, gainsay, contradict, contravene mean to refuse to accept as true or valid.deny implies a firm refusal to accept as true, to grant or concede, or to acknowledge the existence or claims of.denied the charges gainsay implies disputing the truth of what another has said.no one can gainsay her claims contradict implies an open or flat denial.her account contradicts his contravene implies not so much an intentional opposition as some inherent incompatibility.laws that contravene tradition in the 14th century |