“There is no denial of the assertion that the university and hospital were built of brick.”
“The army replied to Julia's letter with a denial of her request to have her husband discharged.”
“They regarded his declaration that he was the bread which cometh down from heaven, as equivalent to a denial of his earthly parentage.”
denier
(now historical) An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery. Originally equal to the weight of a denier coin per 9600 aunes.