Definition of refutation
: the act or process of refuting
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these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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Holding law enforcement accountable is the best refutation of the authoritarian temptation, with its mocking of our insistence on due process, elections and respect for individual rights.
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Four days later the paper published John E. Washington’s refutation.
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Critics seized on the moment as a refutation of the argument from Cohn and others that the tax package’s benefits will trickle down to a broad base of Americans.
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Throughout its history, Star Wars has placed a high premium on progress and diversity—from Princess Leia, a spirited, gun-toting refutation of fairy-tale type, to the cadre of multicultural fighters who ensure the Death Star’s collapse in Rogue One.
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Trump defenders have not mounted a point-by-point refutation, just a generalized dismissal, on the rationale that some likely misinformation and many unconfirmed claims render the dossier so tainted that it should be deemed totally bogus.
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Despite repeated and constant refutation, the false narrative persisted, and California kindergartens began to see their immunization levels dip below the thresholds required for immunity.
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American Jews are a living refutation of the American Libel.
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Some 15 percent of stories in left-leaning publications included such a refutation, while only 2 percent of stories in right-leaning publications did so.
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attestation, confirmation, corroboration, documentation, evidence, substantiation, testament, testimony, validation, witness;
authentication, identification, manifestation, verification;
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