Definition for Denial:

• The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; - the contrary of affirmation.

Synonyms for Denial:

• n.

  •
  • recantation,
  • disclaimer,
  • resistance,
  • renunciation.
  •
  • dissent.
  •
  • turndown.
  •
  • traversal,
  • Disaffirmance.
  •annulment (noun)
  • abolition,
  • undoing,
  • withdrawal,
  • revocation,
  • cancellation,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • dissolution,
  • invalidation,
  • retraction,
  • dismissal,
  • refutation,
  • Disclamation,
  • negation,
  • annulment,
  • obliteration,
  • deletion,
  • abolishment,
  • divorce,
  • Extinguishment,
  • neutralization,
  • destruction,
  • nullification.
  •communication (noun)
  • Disaffirmation.
  •confutation (noun)
  • conflict,
  • dispute,
  • challenge,
  • repeal,
  • confutation,
  • rebuttal,
  • abrogation,
  • contradiction,
  • rejoinder.
  •counter-evidence (noun)
  • opposition,
  • subversion,
  • disproof,
  • parry,
  • counter-evidence.
  •denial (noun)
  • defense,
  • self-abnegation,
  • defence,
  • veto,
  • demurrer,
  • self-denial,
  • abnegation,
  • renunciation,
  • self-renunciation.
  •dismissal, refusal of belief in (noun)
  • nay,
  • negative,
  • prohibition,
  • Refraining,
  • contradiction,
  • statement abnegation,
  • nix,
  • Dismissing,
  • declination,
  • negation,
  • disapproval,
  • Gainsaying,
  • Abstaining,
  • renunciation,
  • nonacceptance,
  • disclaimer,
  • rebuff,
  • refutation,
  • veto,
  • Rejecting,
  • Repudiating,
  • renegement,
  • retraction,
  • adjuration,
  • rejection,
  • rebuttal,
  • forswearing,
  • cold shoulder,
  • dissent,
  • Refusing,
  • Controversion,
  • noncommittal,
  • Disallowance,
  • Refutal,
  • protestation,
  • disproof,
  • renouncement,
  • no way,
  • disavowal,
  • turndown,
  • repulse,
  • repudiation.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • boycott,
  • forbiddance,
  • extradition,
  • relegation,
  • ostracism,
  • prohibition,
  • removal,
  • ban,
  • proscription,
  • disbarment,
  • amputation,
  • exile,
  • banishment,
  • deportation,
  • excommunication,
  • expatriation,
  • abscission,
  • excision.
  •negation (noun)
  • inversion,
  • counterbalancing,
  • Overturning,
  • nonacceptance.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • constraint,
  • preclusion,
  • refusal,
  • prevention,
  • restriction,
  • suppression,
  • injunction,
  • blockade,
  • inhibition,
  • bar.
  •refusal (noun)
  • disagreement,
  • disinclination,
  • declination,
  • disdain,
  • repulsion.
  •rejection (noun)
  • disapproval,
  • exclusion,
  • expulsion,
  • curtailment,
  • ejection,
  • Disallowance,
  • eradication,
  • blacklisting,
  • abandonment,
  • elimination,
  • rejection,
  • nihilism,
  • Blackballing,
  • repudiation.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • about-face,
  • crossing,
  • defection,
  • abnegation,
  • apostasy,
  • turnabout,
  • betrayal,
  • Retractation,
  • abdication,
  • backsliding,
  • desertion,
  • dereliction,
  • renouncement,
  • disavowal.
  •response (noun)
  • defense,
  • justification,
  • objection,
  • answer,
  • echo,
  • return,
  • explanation,
  • riposte,
  • acknowledgment,
  • excuse,
  • reply,
  • reaction,
  • retort,
  • response.
  •sobriety (noun)
  • dryness,
  • soberness,
  • control,
  • temperance,
  • moderation,
  • sobriety,
  • abstinence,
  • restraint,
  • teetotalism.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disclaimer,
  • traversal,
  • appeal,
  • Disaffirmance,
  • interdiction,
  • turndown,
  • oath.
  •
  • revolt.
  •
  • resistance.
  •dissent
  • nonconformity.
  •objection
  • protest.
  •Other relevant words:
  • despoilment,
  • not,
  • check,
  • demur,
  • forfeiture,
  • turn down,
  • eviction,
  • frivolous,
  • Abstaining,
  • privation,
  • Refraining,
  • self-renunciation,
  • ruin,
  • defense reaction,
  • withhold,
  • obstinacy,
  • oath,
  • robbery,
  • expense,
  • defensive measure,
  • intransigence,
  • sacrifice,
  • forbearance,
  • Opinionate,
  • rescission,
  • despising,
  • Non-observance,
  • no-no,
  • revolt,
  • opposure,
  • uncooperativeness,
  • loser,
  • lockout,
  • no way,
  • protest,
  • Oppugnation,
  • Divestment,
  • resignation,
  • Discrediting,
  • qualm,
  • temperateness,
  • opposing,
  • embargo,
  • disavow,
  • repudiate,
  • squelch,
  • heresy,
  • incredulity,
  • law,
  • moderateness,
  • special pleading,
  • repulse,
  • dispossession,
  • obstruction,
  • sumptuary laws,
  • taking away,
  • Palinode,
  • upset,
  • bulldog,
  • disownment,
  • argument,
  • disobedience,
  • dissent,
  • interdict,
  • head wind,
  • forbidding,
  • protestation,
  • discredit,
  • nay,
  • disdainful,
  • snub,
  • failure,
  • unbelief,
  • disregarding,
  • recall,
  • total loss,
  • complaint,
  • traversal,
  • nonconformity,
  • contemptuous,
  • decline,
  • deprival,
  • contradict,
  • abnegate,
  • Incompliance,
  • Gainsaying,
  • Defence Reaction,
  • spoliation,
  • defy,
  • disappearance,
  • defiance,
  • nixing,
  • declining,
  • Denegation,
  • admission,
  • forswearing,
  • tabu,
  • fortification,
  • taboo,
  • press,
  • self-restraint,
  • forfeit,
  • bereavement,
  • grumble,
  • protection,
  • atheism,
  • counter-argument,
  • force upon,
  • nonbelief,
  • pleading,
  • suspension,
  • denunciation,
  • retaliation,
  • cover,
  • recusancy,
  • self-abnegation,
  • injury,
  • Contraversion,
  • noncompliance,
  • Bucking,
  • disclaimer,
  • resistance,
  • gainsay,
  • Recision,
  • unwillingness,
  • debit,
  • detriment,
  • agnosticism,
  • cut,
  • defending team,
  • demolition,
  • grievance,
  • discouragement,
  • Refutal,
  • rebelliousness,
  • overthrow,
  • Ignoring,
  • scornful,
  • self-denial,
  • undermining,
  • disown,
  • counterworking,
  • contravention,
  • throwing out,
  • defense department,
  • scruple,
  • defensive structure,
  • comeback,
  • compunction,
  • deny,
  • Dismissing,
  • self,
  • demurral,
  • A,
  • despisal,
  • renunciation,
  • recantation,
  • PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION,
  • negative,
  • interdiction,
  • self-discipline,
  • infidelity,
  • thumbs-down,
  • Impugnation,
  • reject,
  • throw out,
  • brush off,
  • disprove,
  • abjuration,
  • non-cooperation,
  • nihilism,
  • turndown,
  • recalcitrance,
  • uninterested,
  • adjuration,
  • dragoon,
  • defeat,
  • reneging,
  • non-compliance,
  • unserious,
  • rebuff,
  • index,
  • Spurning,
  • Impugnment,
  • dismissive,
  • offhand,
  • shun,
  • unresponsiveness,
  • Vetoing,
  • contravene,
  • defence,
  • abjure,
  • killing,
  • standing against,
  • declension,
  • undercurrent,
  • Refusing,
  • slight,
  • will,
  • Declinature,
  • controvert,
  • discard,
  • persist,
  • repression,
  • deprivation,
  • shake the head,
  • zoning,
  • self-control,
  • glib,
  • scouting,
  • chucking,
  • unsaying,
  • disparaging,
  • Abjurement,
  • confounding,
  • stickle,
  • frugality,
  • losing streak,
  • stoppage,
  • oppose,
  • tenacity,
  • condescending,
  • self-mastery,
  • disregard,
  • Defence Force,
  • Contraposition,
  • demurrer,
  • Repudiating,
  • cost,
  • damage,
  • refuse,
  • denudation,
  • Quashing,
  • nix,
  • renegement,
  • kick,
  • countering,
  • holding back,
  • upsetting,
  • Controversion,
  • counteraction,
  • Rejecting,
  • tergiversation,
  • beef,
  • put-down,
  • contempt,
  • passing by,
  • insist upon,
  • statute,
  • contraband,
  • loss,
  • recusation,
  • Debarring,
  • losing,
  • Disaffirmance,
  • quitclaim,
  • block,
  • nonconsent,
  • negate,
  • disclaim,
  • squawk,
  • crosscurrent,
  • index librorum prohibitorum,
  • retention,
  • forbidden fruit,
  • vindication,
  • renounce,
  • plea,
  • contention,
  • perseverance,
  • shut out,
  • stripping,
  • defense force,
  • withholding,
  • noncommittal,
  • statement abnegation,
  • defense team,
  • no,
  • heave-ho,
  • nonobservance,
  • disallow,
  • disbelief,
  • Revokement,
  • Discounting,
  • brush,
  • defense lawyers,
  • say no,
  • bitch,
  • golden mean,
  • Misbelief,
  • flippant,
  • grouse,
  • counterstatement,
  • appeal,
  • exception,
  • Index Expurgatorius,
  • Defence Mechanism,
  • moral courage,
  • derogatory,
  • Palinody,
  • unbelievingness,
  • disowning,
  • stubbornness,
  • perdition,
  • cold shoulder,
  • ruling out,
  • defense mechanism,
  • gripe,
  • sophrosyne.

Antonyms for Denial:

• n.

  • dismissal, refusal of belief in
    allowance, approval, Vouching, confirmation, ratification, corroboration, claim, agreement, permission, avowal, affirmation, sanction.
  • Other antonyms:
    approval, seal, validation, substantiation, acceptance, attestation, corroboration, acquiescence, agreement, signature, imprimatur, confirmation, assent, testimony, documentation, stamp, accession, testament, grant.

Homophones for Denial:

• dimly, denali, de mille, downhill, dead mail, duodenal, daniel, DeMille.

Hypernym for Denial:

• n.

  • communication
    disavowal, negation, abnegation, refusal, disclaimer, negative, naysaying.

Hyponym for Denial:

• n.

  • communication
    asseveration, assertion, speech act, averment.
  • process
    defense, Defence Reaction, defence, Defence Mechanism, defense reaction, defense mechanism.