meaning of deny
1.  To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. 
2.  To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. 
3.  To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request. 
4.  To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. 
5.  To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true. 
6.  declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken 
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