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dé⋅men⋅ti

[dey-mahn-tee; Fr. dey-mahn-tee]
–noun, plural -tis [-teez; Fr. -tee] .
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.

Origin:
1585–95; < F: lit., contradiction, ptp. of démentir to deny, OF desmentir, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + mentir to lie < L mentīrī
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