Refutation: alternatives and connections

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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

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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…

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of Find

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The act or process of confuting; refutation.

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The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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To drive or beat back; to repulse.

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See Defense.

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Alt. of Defence

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

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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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of Falsify

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Act of refuting; refutation.

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