Meaning & use

deny

verb·Everyday

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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