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# denial

«denial» in Mova's school dictionary: **saying that something is not true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (denial, denials)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A denial is saying that something is not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#m1)

2) Denial is refusing to give something, or saying no: denial of rights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#m2)

3) Being «in denial» means not accepting a painful truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#m3)

4) (Bible) Peter's denial is when he said he did not know Jesus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news (he issued a denial), feelings (in denial about grief), ethics (denial of rights), the Easter story.

### examples

- The minister made a firm denial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#x1)
- Despite his denial, the crumbs were on his face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#x2)
- She was in denial about losing the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#x3)
- Denial of food is cruel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#x4)
- Peter's denial happened before the cock crowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#x5)
- Denial is one stage of grief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/#x6)

### note

Verb: deny (denied). Self-denial = giving up things you want.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «denial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/denial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.