deny
To disallow or reject.
Example
“I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.”
Other meanings
To assert that something is not true.
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
“My father denied me a good education.”
Related words
- denyingly
- delie
- deniable
- deniance
- indeniably
- redeny
- undeniable
- undeniably
- undenied
- deniability
- denier
- deny of
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "denegare" (to deny, to refuse).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “deny” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.