3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request. The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. Hallam.
4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; — the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.
DENIANCE
De*ni"ance, n.
Defn: Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall.
DENIER
De*ni"er, n.
Defn: One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of
Christ.
DENIER De*nier", n. Etym: [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten, and cf. Denary, Dinar.]
Defn: A small copper coin of insignificant value.
My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak.
DENIGRATE Den"i*grate, v. t. Etym: [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.]
1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.