Meaning

1. To disallow or reject.
2. To assert that something is not true.
3. To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
4. To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
5. To prevent from scoring.
6. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
7. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).