Answer:

denial

Answer	Crossword Clue
DENIAL	State of refusal
DENIAL	Refusal
DENIAL	No

DENIAL	Repudiation
DENIAL	Assertion of falsehood
DENIAL	Common defense mechanism
DENIAL	Therapist's concern
DENIAL	"I did not!" is one
DENIAL	Negative state
DENIAL	"It wasn't me," e.g.
DENIAL	First stage of grief

DENIAL	"... is not just a river in Egypt" (rehab motto)
DENIAL	In ... (disavowing)
DENIAL	State that might prompt an intervention
DENIAL	Disavowal
DENIAL	Response to charges, often
DENIAL	"No" answer
DENIAL	"Not me," for one
DENIAL	"It wasn't me!," e.g.

DENIAL	"That's not true!" is one
DENIAL	Rebuttal
DENIAL	Psychologist's concern
DENIAL	Defense mechanism
DENIAL	Addict's state, often
DENIAL	Refusal.
DENIAL	Contradiction.
DENIAL	Peter's sin.

DENIAL	Negation
DENIAL	Repudiation.
DENIAL	Abnegation.
DENIAL	Refutation.
DENIAL	Negation.
DENIAL	Personal sacrifice
DENIAL	Peter's three-time utterance
DENIAL	Contradiction

DENIAL	"No"
DENIAL	Disclaimer
DENIAL	Disbelief
DENIAL	"I didn't do it," for one
DENIAL	Headshake, e.g.