Deny is like when you are playing with your toys and someone asks if you took the last cookie from the jar, but you say ‘No, I didn’t.’ Even if you did take the cookie, saying you didn’t is called denying. It means saying something isn’t true, even if it might be.

Think of deny like a big, strong wall. When someone throws a ball of words at you, like ‘Did you do this?’ and you say ‘No,’ it’s like the wall stops the ball from getting through. The word ‘deny’ is the wall that blocks the ball of words.

Imagine a magic cloak that makes things invisible. When you deny, it’s like putting a cloak over something you did, so people can’t see it. Even though it’s still there, the cloak hides it from view. Denying is like using that cloak to make things disappear, at least for a little while.