DENIAL

denial. Denial, n. a denying, refusal, rebuff, objection

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De‐ni″al (?), n. [[See Deny.]] 1. 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; — the contrary of affirmation.
You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. 2. 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. 3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.
The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. Hallam. 4. 4. 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.
Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.