Is disbelief (technically) defined only as denial, or does it have other forms such as turning away, arrogance, and refusal?

The questioner : Is disbelief defined only as denial from a technical standpoint? Or are there other forms of disbelief by which it is defined, such as turning away, arrogance, and refusal?

The Shaykh : Yes, this is a question that does not arise, because we have divided disbelief into two categories:
1 - Practical disbelief.
2 - And creedal disbelief.
So this is an answer that was given previously, based on the division we presented when we said that disbelief can be practical disbelief and not creedal disbelief. So disbelief does not only mean denial; it also means another meaning. One of those is what came in the questioner's question.The questioner : It may be, for example, disbelief in a blessing: as mentioned in a hadith in al-Bukhari regarding the women.
So disbelief has several meanings in reality. But in what relates to our previous discussion, regarding the one who abandons prayer and other than prayer, either it is disbelief in the sense of denial, in which case he is an apostate from his religion, or it is disbelief in the sense that he does the deeds of disbelievers, such as not praying. In this case, he is not declared a disbeliever, but rather he is an open sinner.