Deny vs. Disown
Difference Between Deny and Disown
Deny➦
To declare untrue; assert to be false
"A senior officer denied that any sensitive documents had been stored there" (Scott Ritter).
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Disown➦
To refuse to acknowledge or accept as one's own; repudiate.
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Deny➦
To refuse to believe; reject
deny the existence of evil spirits.
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Disown➦
(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.
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Deny➦
To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow
The official denied any wrongdoing.
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Disown➦
(transitive) To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.
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Deny➦
To decline to grant or allow; refuse
deny the student's request.
denied the prisoner food or water.
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Disown➦
To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.
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Deny➦
To give a refusal to; turn down or away
The protesters were determined not to be denied.
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Disown➦
To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.
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Deny➦
To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
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Disown➦
To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
Then they, who brother's better claim disown,Expel their parents, and usurp the throne.
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Deny➦
(transitive) To disallow or reject.
I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
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Disown➦
prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
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Deny➦
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
I deny that I was at the party.
Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.
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Deny➦
(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
My father denied me a good education.
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Deny➦
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
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Deny➦
To prevent from scoring.
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Deny➦
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
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Deny➦
(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
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Deny➦
To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; - opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
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Deny➦
To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
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Deny➦
To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
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Deny➦
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
The falsehood of denying his opinion.
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved.
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.
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Deny➦
To answer in negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
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Deny➦
declare untrue; contradict;
He denied the allegations
She denied that she had taken money
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Deny➦
refuse to accept or believe;
He denied his fatal illness
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Deny➦
refuse to grant, as of a petition or request;
The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses
the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day
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Deny➦
refuse to let have;
She denies me every pleasure
he denies her her weekly allowance
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Deny➦
deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;
She denied herself wine and spirits
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Deny➦
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
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Deny➦
refuse to recognize or acknowledge;
Peter denied Jesus
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