1. (n.) The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

2. (n.) 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. (n.) A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

4. (n.) 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.

Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition Party Volstead Act abjuration abjurement abnegation abrogation absolute contradiction abstaining agnosticism annulment answer argument atheism ban bereavement bucking challenge chucking chucking out complete answer confounding confutation constraint contempt contention contraband contradiction contraposition contrary assertion contravention contraversion controversion cost counteraction countering counterstatement counterworking crosscurrent crossing damage dead loss debit declension declination declinature declining defense demolition demurrer denudation deprivation despisal despising despoilment destruction detriment disaffirmation disagreement disallowance disapproval disavowal disbelief discard disclaimer disclamation discounting discredit discrediting dismissal disobedience disowning disownment dispossession disproof disregard dissent divestment effective rejoinder embargo exception exclusion expatriation expense forbearance forbiddance forbidden fruit forbidding forfeit forfeiture forswearing frugality gainsaying golden mean head wind heresy holding back ignoring impugnation impugnment inability to believe incredulity index index expurgatorius index librorum prohibitorum infidelity inhibition injunction injury interdict interdiction interdictum law loser losing losing streak loss minimifidianism misbelief moderateness moderation nay negation negative negative answer nix no no-no nonacceptance nonapproval nonbelief noncompliance nonconsent nonconsideration nonobservance nothing in excess nullification nullifidianism objection opposing opposition opposure oppugnation overthrow overthrowal palinode palinody passing by perdition plea pleading preclusion prevention privation prohibition prohibitory injunction proscription putting away putting out rebuff rebutment rebuttal recantation refraining refusal refutal refutation rejection reneging renouncement renunciation reply repression repudiation repulse resistance response restraint restrictive covenants retention retractation retraction revocation revokement riposte robbery ruin ruling out sacrifice scouting self self-control self-denial self-discipline self-mastery self-restraint soberness sobriety sophrosyne special demurrer special pleading spoliation spurning squelch standing against statement of defense statute stripping subversion sumptuary laws suppression taboo taking away temperance temperateness throwing out thumbs-down total loss traversal turndown turning out unbelief unbelievingness undercurrent undermining unsaying unwillingness upset upsetting veto withdrawal withholding zoning zoning laws