deny#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 40
def refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
examples 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
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 14 Somebody ----s somebody something
Outgoing links
Hypernym withhold, keep back
Derivationally related form deny → denier; deny → denial
Incoming links
Derivationally related form denial → deny; denier → deny
Hyponym withhold, keep back

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