0 present participle of deny
1 to say that something is not true:
He will not confirm or deny the allegations.
[ + that ] Neil denies that he broke the window, but I'm sure he did.
[ + -ing verb ] Neil denies breaking the window.
There's no denying that this has been a difficult year for the company.
2 to not allow someone to have or do something:
No one should be denied a good education./A good education should be denied to no one.
[ + two objects ] The goalkeeper denied him his third goal.
I was denied the opportunity of learning French at school.
3 to not admit that you have knowledge, responsibility, feelings, etc.:
He said the police assaulted him while he was in custody, a claim which the police deny.
The president has consistently denied the rumours.
A close associate of the author denied reports that she had cancer.
She has always stridently denied the accusations against her.
The ambassador denied that any missiles had been fired across the border.
While priests were denied the right to marry and procreate, he said, their situation would remain impossible.
Freedom of speech and freedom of thought were both denied under the dictatorship.
All I'd cherished from early childhood had been denied me, so I simply gave up the ghost.
