Defn: Act of refuting; refutation.
REFUTATION Ref`u*ta"tion (rf`*t"shn), n. Etym: [L. refutatio: cf. F. réfutation.]
Defn: 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, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. Macaulay.
REFUTATORY Re*fut"a*to*ry (r*ft"*t*r), a. Etym: [L. refutatorius: cf. F. réfutatoire.]
Defn: Tending tu refute; refuting.
REFUTE
Re*fute" (r*F3t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refuted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Refuting.] Etym: [F. réfuter, L. refuteare to repel, refute. Cf.
Confute, Refuse to deny.]
Defn: To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant. There were so many witnesses in these two miracles that it is impossible to refute such multitudes. Addison.
Syn.
— To confute; disprove. See Confute.
REFUTER
Re*fut"er (-ft"r), n.
Defn: One who, or that which, refutes.