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noun
The act or process of confuting; refutation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Something that confutes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
evidence that refutes conclusively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: disproof, falsification, refutation
noun
the speech act of refuting conclusively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: refutation, defense, defence
History
Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtātiō (“refutation”, feminine noun). By surface analysis, confute + -ation.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
