denial vs go-ahead

denial

noun
  • A disownment or disavowal 

  • An assertion of untruth. 

  • Refusal to believe that a problem exists. 

  • A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect. 

  • Refusal to admit responsibility for wrongdoing. 

  • A refusal or failure to provide or grant something that is requested or desired. 

  • Negationism, denialism of historical facts or accepted interpretation. 

  • The negation in logic. 

go-ahead

noun
  • Approval, agreement, or instruction to begin or proceed. 

adj
  • Progressive; exerting leadership. 

  • Being a score which gives the scoring team or player the lead in the game. 

  • Dashing; energetic. 

How often have the words denial and go-ahead occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )