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noun
de·ni·al
di-ˈnī(-ə)l
dē-
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law
: the opposing by the defendant of an allegation (see allegation sense 2) of the opposite party in a lawsuit
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psychology
: a defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality
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