Noun

(wikipedia burglary) (burglaries)

The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

(legal) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.

(legal, US) Under the , entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1.

Noun

(en noun)

(logic) The negation in logic.

A refusal to comply with a request.

An assertion of untruth.

Refusal to believe a problem exists

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

(dated, psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

* 2007 Feb. 11, " No facts, just emotion," Washington Times (retrieved 11 June 2013):

"Denial " came out of the therapyspeak prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, especially as it was applied to confronting the reality of mortality. It was popularized as the first stage of grief, and quickly expanded to include refusal to confront any bad news or disturbing ideas.