Denial

"Denial" in German

Absage

(refusal to comply with a request)

Abstreiten

(refusal to believe a problem exists)

Abstreitung

(assertion of untruth)

Bestreitung

(assertion of untruth)

Dementi

(assertion of untruth)

Leugnen

(refusal to believe a problem exists)

Leugnung

(assertion of untruth)

Negation

(negation in logic)

Negierung

(negation in logic)

Nichtwahrhabenwollen

(refusal to believe a problem exists)

Verleugnung

(refusal to believe a problem exists)

Verneinung

(negation in logic)

Verweigerung

(refusal to comply with a request)

Zurückweisung

(refusal to comply with a request)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.