Synonyms for denial
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Refusal — A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired
refusal, rejection, renunciation, disavowal, repudiation, negation, disclaimer, non-consent, disapproval, no, prohibition, negative, abnegation, declination, turndown, abjuration, nonapproval, nonassent
2. Self-denial
Definitions
- n. 1
A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired.
Every time we asked for an interview we got a denial.
- n. 2
An assertion of untruth.
The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.
- n. 3
The negation in logic.
The denial of "There might be X" is the null, "False, there is no X."
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- denials → refusals, rejections, renunciations, disavowals…
Example sentences
- rejection Ziri needs to find connection and avoid rejection.
- refusal What she wants to say just adds up to a refusal.
- renunciation Jesus predicted Peter's renunciation of him.
- disavowal Talia wrote a bitter disavowal of her former beliefs.
- contradiction Contradiction is always a sign of recognition.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| denial | steady | |
| rejection | steady | |
| refusal | falling | |
| renunciation | steady | |
| disavowal | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 2 letters
- no1
- 7 letters
- defense2, defence2, refusal3
- 8 letters
- negative3, negation3, turndown2, demurrer
- 9 letters
- rejection3, disavowal, nonassent
- 10 letters
- disclaimer3, refutation4, abnegation4, abjuration
- 11 letters
- prohibition4, withholding3, disapproval4, repudiation5, declination, nonapproval
- 12 letters
- renunciation5
- 13 letters
- contradiction4
- 14 letters
- disaffirmation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defense2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dénégation