deny
verb [T] (REFUSE) /dɪˈnaɪ/Definition
B2 to not allow someone to have or do something: Her request for time off work was denied. No one should be denied a good education./A good education should be denied to no one. [+ two objects] The goalkeeper denied him his third goal. I was denied the opportunity of learning French at school.Forbidding and banning things
(Definition of deny verb (REFUSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abolish verb
- abolitionist noun
- ban noun
- ban verb
- bar verb (PREVENT)
- censor verb
- censorship noun
- clean sth up phrasal verb (BAD BEHAVIOUR)
- curfew noun
- debar verb
- impermissible adjective
- nix verb
- off-limits adjective
- outlaw verb
- prohibit verb
- prohibition noun
- taboo noun
- unauthorized adjective
- veto noun
- veto verb
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