The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ABNEGATE
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More clues leading to the result ABNEGATE
- Refuse to drop off around noon, for example
- Deny Blunt’s smuggled back dope
- Refuse in bag eaten – disgusting!
- Deny scandal of sailor from Tyneside?
- Refuse to accept sailor, one hiding head by entrance
- Deny oneself information offered up during decline
- Deny Blunt’s smuggled dope from the East
- Deny being negative in a fit of temper
- Renounce retired General in decline
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The straight part
We know that "Deny" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case deny = abnegate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ABNEGATE mean?
ABNEGATE verb- To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
- To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.