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Deny access

To refuse, when prompted, a request for permission to use or view a protected resource.

In plain English

It means saying no to a permission request. The request is asking to let someone use or see something that is protected.

In context

Here, "Deny access" denotes the action of refusing the request for permission to use or view the protected resource.

Situation
Reviewing app permissions, consent prompts, access scopes, and security warnings
What it communicates
offers the action to refuse the requested access.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not say why the request is refused or what follows from that refusal.

Examples

“The clerk denied access to the records when the visitor asked to see them.”

Core meaning

“When someone asks to look at the sealed folder, deny access.”

In context

  • grant access Opposite

    This gives the requested permission instead of refusing it.

  • refuse permission Broader Term

    This is a more general act of not allowing something, without being limited to access to a protected resource.