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Definition of: refutation
(ref′y
·tā′shən) noun
The act of refuting or proving the falsity or error in a statement, proposition, or argument; evidence applied to overthrow an erroneous statement or position. Also re·fu·tal (ri·fy
t′l). [<L refutatio, -onis <refutare stop, repel]
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