Answer: denials

AnswerCrossword Clue
DENIALSContradictions.
denialspsychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality
denialsDENIAL, the act of denying (to declare to be untrue, also DENAY)
denialsrefusal to satisfy a request or desire
denialslf-denial
DENIALSRecantations
DENIALSSeveral thumbs down
DENIALSStonewallers' statements
DENIALSDefendants' protests
DENIALSSome political responses
DENIALSNoes
DENIALSRefutations
DENIALSPeter made three of these
DENIALSPeter made three.
DENIALSPeter made three
DENIALSComebacks to accusations
DENIALSDesdemona made these in vain.
DENIALSDisavowals.
DENIALSNo, no, a thousand times no?
DENIALSDisavowals
DENIALSCharger's inconveniences
DENIALSRepudiations
DENIALSSuspect responses
DENIALSAccused one's cries
DENIALSSome responses
DENIALSDisclaimers
DENIALSNot guilty pleas, e.g.
DENIALSDisclaimers, e.g.
DENIALSSome kneejerk responses