denial
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
- abnegation hyponym
- naysaying hyponym
- negative hyponym
- refusal hyponym
- disavowal hyponym
Related & opposite
- deny derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deny derivation
Sense 3 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
Related & opposite
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 4 noun
renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Types & categories
- forgoing hypernym
- self-sacrifice hypernym
Related & opposite
- abnegate derivation
Sense 5 noun
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
he gave evidence for the defense
Types & categories
- due process hypernym
- entrapment hyponym
Parts & wholes
- trial part holonym
Related & opposite
- prosecution antonym
- traverse derivation
- law domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deny |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abnegation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | naysaying |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | negative |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | refusal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disavowal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deny |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assertion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | negation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | abnegate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | forgoing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | self-sacrifice |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | prosecution |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | traverse |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | trial |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | due process |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | entrapment |