deny
Definitions
verb
To disallow or reject.
I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
'Do! pray do! I shall be the most miserable of men if you don't. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!' pleaded he as ardently as if his life depended on it.
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.
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
My father denied me a good education.
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
To prevent from scoring.
Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.