Category: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.