Meaning & use
deny
To state that something is not true, or to refuse to give someone something they have requested.
See it in a sentence
The company flatly denied any responsibility for the factory accident.
The bank denied his loan application due to a low credit score.
A note on using this word
Deny can mean either to reject a claim as false or to refuse a request; context usually makes the intended sense clear.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
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