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| failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence |
| pertaining to civil action for compensation for damages by a person who claims to have suffered an injury or loss caused by another's inadvertent action |
| denial (dɪˈnaɪəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a refusal to agree or comply with a statement; contradiction |
| 2. | the rejection of the truth of a proposition, doctrine, etc: a denial of God's existence |
| 3. | a negative reply; rejection of a request |
| 4. | a refusal to acknowledge; renunciation; disavowal: a denial of one's leader |
| 5. | See also defence mechanism a psychological process by which painful truths are not admitted into an individual's consciousness |
| 6. | abstinence; self-denial |
denial de·ni·al (dĭ-nī'əl)
n.
An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.