denegación

Definitions of denegación
  1. noun
    the act of asserting that something alleged is not true
    synonyms: negativa
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    type of:
    aserción, aseveración
    a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
  2. noun
    the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
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    negativa
    a reply of denial
    desautorización
    denial of any connection with or knowledge of
    no
    a negative
    doble negación
    a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative
    abjuración, palinodia, retracción, retractación
    a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
    type of:
    acto de habla
    the use of language to perform some act
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