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refutation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Refutation \Ref`u*ta"tion\ (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio: cf F. r['e]futation.] The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: refutation n 1: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" [syn: {defense}, {defence}] 2: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something [syn: {disproof}, {falsification}]
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