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denylist

denylist noun: synonym of blacklist.

Noun

denylist (plural denylists)

  1. Synonym of blacklist.
    • Intrusion detection can inspect file, network, and kernel reads and writes to verify or block them with an allowlist or a denylist (as seccomp-bpf configuration does).2021, Andrew Martin, Michael Hausenblas, Hacking Kubernetes, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    blacklist
    Antonyms:
    allowlist

Verb

denylist (third-person singular simple present denylists, present participle denylisting, simple past and past participle denylisted)

  1. Synonym of blacklist.
    • Remediation can entail contacting the user and instructing them to cease; it could be autoremediation by reconfiguring a managed endpoint, or it could be to denylist the device MAC address(es).2022, Jennifer Minella, Wireless Security Architecture […] , John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    blacklist
    Antonyms:
    allowlist

Synonyms of denylist

Antonyms

Forms of denylist

Noun
pluraldenylists
Verb
third-person singular presentdenylists
present participledenylisting
past participledenylisted
pastdenylisted

Questions about denylist

What does denylist mean?
Denylist means synonym of blacklist.
What part of speech is denylist?
Denylist can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of denylist?
The plural of denylist is denylists.

Words near denylist in the dictionary

  1. denyin'
  2. denying
  3. denying of
  4. denyingly
  5. denyings
  6. denylist
  7. denylisted
  8. denylisting
  9. denylists
  10. Denys
  11. Denys-Drash syndrome

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