Answer: DENIAL
DENIAL is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 51 times.
    - Defense mechanism
 
    - "I didn't do it," for one
 
    - Headshake, e.g.
 
    - Turndown
 
    - Bad news from a credit card company
 
    - "That's a lie!," e.g.
 
    - No
 
    - "___ is not just a river in Egypt" (rehab motto)
 
    - In ___ (disavowing)
 
    - Repudiation
 
    - Addict's state, often
 
    - Therapist's concern
 
    - Common defense mechanism
 
    - Disavowal
 
    - ''No'' answer
 
    - ''Not me,'' for one
 
    - ''That's not true!'' is one
 
    - Rebuttal
 
    - ''It wasn't me!,'' e.g.
 
    - Rejection
 
    - Negation
 
    - Psychologist's concern
 
    - "I did not!" is one
 
    - Negative state
 
    - "No" answer
 
    - "Not me," for one
 
    - "That's not true!" is one
 
    - "It wasn't me!," e.g.
 
    - Apostasy
 
    - 'I didn't do it!' for one
 
    - 'Wasn't me,' e.g.
 
    - No comment?
 
    - "It wasn't me," e.g.
 
    - First stage of grief
 
    - Refutation
 
    - State that might prompt an intervention
 
    - Negative thing to be in
 
    - First of the five stages of grief
 
    - Refusal
 
    - Rejection of a request
 
    - Contradiction of a statement
 
    - Stage of grief
 
    - "no"
 
    - "Not guilty," e.g.
 
    - "It wasn't me," for one
 
    - "That's not true," for example
 
    - Refusal to accept facts
 
    - "It wasn't me," for example
 
    - "I did not!" for example
 
    - "It wasn't me!," for one
 
    - "Not so!," e.g.