Usage Note
Démenti is a formal denial issued to contradict a claim, commonly used in political and journalistic language: publier un démenti ('to issue a denial'). It is related to the verb démentir (to deny, to contradict). Not to be confused with dément (insane).
Examples
"Le ministre a publié un démenti officiel."
Natural Translation
The minister issued an official denial.
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