denial

n. [ See Deny. ] 1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial. [ 1913 Webster ]