Definitions for denial

denial de·ni·al

Spelling: [dih-nahy-uh l]
IPA: /dɪˈnaɪ əl/

Denial is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 165 anagrams from letters in denial (adeiln).

Definitions for denial

noun

  1. an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
  2. refusal to believe a doctrine, theory, or the like.
  3. disbelief in the existence or reality of a thing.
  4. the refusal to satisfy a claim, request, desire, etc., or the refusal of a person making it.
  5. refusal to recognize or acknowledge; a disowning or disavowal:
  6. Law. refusal to acknowledge the validity of a claim, suit, or the like; a plea that denies allegations of fact in an adversary's plea:
  7. sacrifice of one's own wants or needs; self-denial.
  8. Psychology. an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable.

Origin of denial

First recorded in 1520-30; deny + -al2

Examples for denial

An excuse, instead of a denial, was the gentlest answer I received.

This is a case where delay is denial—with potentially deadly results.

I can't say whether she considered him an answer to her prayer, or a denial of it.

About 300,000 Palestinians live in East Jerusalem, and their relationship to the state is an almost perfect dance of denial.

A recent column by Nia-Malika Henderson is emblematic of this denial.

He bent closer to his companion, and spoke with a fierce intensity that brooked no denial.

Ignorance on their part and denial on ours does nobody any favors.

“Mr. Mitchell thus controls both your management company and your lessor,” the IRS wrote in a denial letter.

Burke shook his head emphatically in denial of the allegation.

Napoleon looked at his uncle the canon with indignation and denial on his face.

Word Value for denial
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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