The act of actively denying or refusing to acknowledge something; emphatic denial or rejection.
From Latin 'denegatio', derived from 'denegare' (to deny away). The suffix '-tion' converts the verb into a noun representing the action or process.
In medieval legal documents, 'denegation' was the formal term for when a defendant absolutely, unequivocally denied charges—it was stronger than mere disagreement.
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