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To challenge the truth, integrity, or validity of something.

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impugn

The reviewer did not impugn her honesty but questioned her method.
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The organizer's ascription of the project's success entirely to luck also ignored the group's months of careful preparation. An assistant chose to impugn that account by producing dated sketches and records of the shared work.
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