Deny purpose of attending auction? (6)
I believe the answer is:
forbid
'deny' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'purpose of attending auction?' is the wordplay.
'purpose of attending' becomes 'for' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'auction?' becomes 'bid' (auction is a kind of bid).
'for'+'bid'='FORBID'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forbid that I've seen before include "Prohibit, veto" , "Refuse permission, order not to" , "Refuse permission, do not allow" , "Interdict" , "Deny, prohibit" .)