Answer: denial

AnswerCrossword Clue
DENIAL"That's a lie!," e.g.
DENIALAbnegation.
DENIALRefutation.
DENIALNegation.
DENIALPersonal sacrifice
DENIALPeter's three-time utterance
DENIALContradiction
DENIAL"No"
DENIALDisclaimer
DENIALDisbelief
DENIAL"I didn't do it," for one
DENIALHeadshake, e.g.
DENIALTurndown
DENIALBad news from a credit card company
DENIALRepudiation.
DENIALFirst of the five stages of grief
DENIALRejection
DENIAL"Am not," e.g.
DENIAL"Am not," for one
DENIAL"..... is not just a river in Egypt" (rehab motto)
DENIALRejection of a request
DENIALRefutation
DENIALNegative thing to be in
DENIALVeto
denialthe act of denying (to declare to be untrue, also DENAY)
denialstatement that something is not true
denialthe refusal to grant a request
denialrefusal to believe a doctrine
DENIALDisavowal
DENIALRefusal
DENIALNo
DENIALRepudiation
DENIALAssertion of falsehood
DENIALCommon defense mechanism
DENIALTherapist's concern
DENIAL"I did not!" is one
DENIALNegative state
DENIAL"It wasn't me," e.g.
DENIALFirst stage of grief
DENIAL"... is not just a river in Egypt" (rehab motto)