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denial
noun [U] (NOT ALLOW) /dɪˈnaɪ.əl/Definition
› the fact of not allowing someone to do or have something: a gross denial of justice → See also self-denialRefusing and rejectingDenying and contradicting
(Definition of denial noun (NOT ALLOW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- answer (sb) back phrasal verb
- apparently adverb
- change your tune idiom
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- contradictory adjective
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- deniable adjective
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- deny verb (NOT TRUE)
- disabuse verb
- dispute verb
- fly in the face of sth idiom
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
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- make (a) nonsense of sth idiom
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