Others said that many Muslims were living in denial, unwilling to accept that Muslims could do something so horrible.
The Home Office's decision to accept denial of the existence of God as grounds for protection could set a significant precedent in asylum and immigration cases.
Although friends and relatives suggested that Justine should have already shaken denial, she remained unable to accept that her sister was simply gone.
Perhaps, this is a kind of denial in action, an inability to accept the extinction of what once was; a denial that may continue to allow Australians – and people around the world – to ignore the losses going on right in front of them.
Over a series of conversations, "he grew increasingly exasperated and frustrated that I refused to accept his denials," Mr. Koutsoukis added.
Your shake your head, stammering in denial like a drunkard refusing to accept his inebriated state.
"I must say, in those days, if a priest denied such activity, I was very strongly inclined to accept the denial," Pell said.
And at a news conference on Thursday night, amid growing threats of retaliation against the perpetrators of the attack, Mr. Mansouri denied that any of the group's fighters had participated, pleading with the news media to accept his denial.
Any therapist or good friend will tell you it's better to talk to your partner in person than install an app that tracks their location, but if the answer to "are you cheating on me?" is "no", it can be tough to accept the denial and move on.
At the end of "House Lights," after the death of her mother, Beatrice finds herself forgiving the father she rejected when, years earlier, he made it clear that having a relationship with him required her to accept his denial of responsibility — to agree, as her mother did, to believe his lies.
