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confutation
noun[ C or U ]
formaluk /ˌkɒn.fjʊˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌkɑːn.fjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/
the act of proving that a person or an argument is wrong:
confutation ofShe prepared a lengthy confutation of her rival's theory.
Saint Augustine devoted a whole book to the confutation of this belief.
These undeniable facts allow us to make a decisive confutation to our opponents' argument.
Any confutation of this assertion must be based on known historical facts.
The twin aims of the group were the search for truth and the confutation of error.
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