disapprove / deny

[dixeedeluxe]

OK, so I'm representing users in this workgroup for this web based application for work.  There is a process in which work requests can be "Approved" or not.  The "not" they have as "Disapprove".

Isn't "Deny" a better word there?

[laurensmomma]

Maybe it's just a preference of how the word comes across? Disapprove can sound a little more gentler than deny.

The system we have at work is either approve or reject.

[dixeedeluxe]

Ah, reject is a good one.

Disapprove just doesn't sound right to me. I don't think the decision was a concious one. It was the programmer who did it and I think it could be easily changed.

[Deleted]

Can they resubmit? If they can, I would stick with disapprove. If not, I agree that reject or deny is better.

[laurensmomma]

I agree, it sounds like an easy change.

[dixeedeluxe]

They are never denied.

[dixeedeluxe]

I feel like "disapproved" implies that it was once approved.

[mala]

Reject might be better.

In US English, we don't usually use disapprove in this context, we use a synonym, which is why this sounds so weird even though it's technically correct.