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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Denial \De*ni"al\, n. [See {Deny}.]
     1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation;
        -- the contrary of {affirmation}.
  
              You ought to converse with so much sincerity that
              your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient.
                                                    --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.
  
     2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge,
        imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing
        stated or maintained; a contradiction.
  
     3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
  
              The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's
              subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . .
              had not to complain of many peremptory denials.
                                                    --Hallam.
  
     4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with;
        disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial
        of a fault charged on one; a denial of God.
  
     {Denial of one's self}, a declining of some gratification;
        restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  denial
       n 1: the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it
            resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
       2: the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
       3: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful
          thoughts
       4: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests
          of others [syn: {abnegation}, {self-abnegation}, {self-denial},
           {self-renunciation}]
       5: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the
          charges against him; "he gave evidence for the defense"
          [syn: {defense}, {defence}, {demurrer}] [ant: {prosecution}]

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