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Contextual alternative 1

Result 90% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 58% interchangeable less formal

Use in research contexts; not every result is a finding.

Narrower term 19

Designation 76% connected

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

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Disproof 76% connected

A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.

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Falsification 76% connected

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Falsifying 76% connected

of Falsify

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Identification 76% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

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Localization 76% connected

Act of localizing, or state of being localized.

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Locating 76% connected

of Locate

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Predetermination 76% connected

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

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Proof 76% connected

Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

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Rectification 76% connected

The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.

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Refutal 76% connected

Act of refuting; refutation.

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Refutation 76% connected

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, t…

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Resolution 76% connected

The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of…

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Solving 76% connected

of Solve

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Substantiation 76% connected

The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.

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Validation 76% connected

The act of giving validity.

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Verdict 76% connected

The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determinati…

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Broader term 6

Discovery 76% connected

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

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Find 76% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Uncovering 76% connected

of Uncover

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Find 74% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Find 74% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rule 74% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Rule 74% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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Synonym 1

Determination 92% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Academic alternative 1

Evidence 84% connected

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the…

words for evidence 55% interchangeable

A result produced by research or investigation.

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