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An argument or evidence showing that a claim is false or mistaken.
noun
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refutation
Her refutation identified the arithmetic error on which the claim depended.
Dictionary practice example.
A second student offered a rebuttal to the lighting claim by explaining why chair comfort was not evidence about visibility. A photograph of a desk without a lamp supplied a refutation of the separate statement that every desk had one, provided the photograph matched the room and time under discussion.
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