confutation

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The act or process of confuting; refutation
{n} the act of confuting, a disproof
{i} something which proves to be false, something which disproves; act of proving to be wrong
evidence that refutes conclusively the speech act of refuting conclusively
confutement
confute
To disprove or refute; to show something to be false or someone to be wrong

Procatalepsis is a forme of speech by which the Orator perceiving aforehand what might be objected against him, and hurt him, doth confute it before it be spoken.

confute
{v} to disprove, convict, baffle, crush
confute
To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence
confute
{f} prove wrong, disprove
confute
prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"
confute
To disprove or refute; to show something to be false
confute
to prove that a person or an argument is completely wrong
confutation
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