Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Refutation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of refuting; refutation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
refutation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of determining that something is false
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Examples
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I demand the immediate dismissal and refutal from this website of Vegas Hustler, Jacktion!,
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Greg Craig is certainly emphatic in his refutal of Clinton's foreign policy experience.
Obama Memo: "No Support For Claim That Clinton Has Passed `Commander-In-Chief Test'"
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Sun Bin: MSM biase in the West - and the cnn refutal
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MSM biase in the West - and the cnn refutal, Sun Bin
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Of all the reactions they had been prepared for, this calm refutal by the warrior-turned-innkeeper had not been one of them, apparently.
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Of all the reactions they had been prepared for, this calm refutal by the warrior-turned-innkeeper had not been one of them, apparently.
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Beran began to sputter a furious refutal, but Palafox cut him off with a gesture.
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Let us therefore pause for a moment whilst we consult other sources of opinion for confirmation or refutal.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
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This preference of the First Consul for the private soldier recalls an instance which took-place at Malmaison, and which furnishes, besides, a complete refutal of the charges of severity and harshness which have been brought against him.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
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He had rarely, if ever, known his daughter to make such an explicit refutal of his inferences.
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