denial


Definition: Meaning of, denial in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɪˈnʌɪ(ə)l /

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  1. [uncountable and countable] a statement saying that something is not true [↪  deny]
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  2. [uncountable] when someone refuses to allow someone else to have or to do something
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  3. [uncountable] a condition in which you refuse to admit or believe that something bad exists or has happened
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denial used in phrases

  • denial of service attack (noun)
    1. an attempt to make a company's website stop working. This is done by sending so much DATA to the website that the company's computers become unable to work properly. The result is that customers of the company cannot use the online services that the company provides.
  • distributed denial-of-service attack (noun)
    1. attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users, e.g. by making many automated requests over a short time interval from many different machines
  • self-denial (noun)
    1. when you do not do or have the things you enjoy for moral or religious reasons
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