DENIAL

Definition of DENIAL

  1. (noun)the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
  2. (noun)the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
  3. (noun)(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
  4. (noun)renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
  5. (noun)a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him