#denial  the act of refusing a request; "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
  supertype:  speech_act  the use of language to perform some act
  subtype:  naysaying  the act of saying no to a request
  subtype:  negative  a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
     subtype:  no  a negative; "his no was loud and clear"
     subtype:  nay  a negative; "the nays have it"
     subtype:  double_negative  a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative; "I don't never go"
  subtype:  refusal  the act of refusing
     subtype:  prohibition  refusal to approve or assent to
        subtype:  interdiction  authoritative prohibition
        subtype:  banning__ban__forbiddance__forbidding  an official prohibition or edict against something
           subtype:  test_ban  a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
  subtype:  disavowal  denial of any connection with or knowledge of
     subtype:  abjuration__retraction__recantation  a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
        subtype:  backdown__withdrawal__climb-down__climbdown  a retraction of a previously held position

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