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deniability
noun[ U ]
uk /dɪˌnaɪ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ us /dɪˌnaɪ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the ability to deny something (= say that something is not true):
He is expert at making you believe something without actually saying it, thereby always giving him deniability.
plausible deniability Those legitimate prescriptions gave the athlete plausible deniability for his positive drug tests.
Many hackers are able to exist in a zone of deniability.
Through carefully preserved deniability, they escape responsibility for events they have encouraged, but not directly ordered.
He wanted a cover story that would give him deniability.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Denying & contradicting
abnegate
abnegation
breath
burst someone's bubbleidiom
contradictorily
counter-argue
debunk
deny
disabuse
disagree
dispute
I'm a Dutchmanidiom
myth-buster
myth-busting
non-acceptance
non-recognition
nonsense
recant
refute
speak for yourselfidiom
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