Refutation is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for REFUTATION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of refuting
• the action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false
• 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.
• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
• any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
• the act of determining that something is false
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the act or process of refuting

Words related to REFUTATION

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Words that contain REFUTATION

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How to use REFUTATION in a sentence

• But when it is added that he wounded himself in order to do away with suspicion, the accusation becomes so absurd as scarcely to merit refutation.
• The thorough refutation which it always encountered, whenever it was seriously considered, never seemed to do its popularity any harm.
• And when they are not, they are as a rule more occupied with the refutation of idealism than with the construction of a better theory.
• It was a point-by-point attempted refutation, and more.
• Be the story of the Conquest true or false, this contains no relation of it, this contains no refutation of it.
• Such a very active principle was sure to make its enemies too, and several amusing attacks have survived to witness their own refutation.
• The refutation of vulgar prejudices could not carry with it this high bearing.
• Many of these accusations were so monstrous that they carried with them their own refutation.
• The refutation which is to last must be positive, not negative.
• As the reasons on which the refutation hinges are the same, there is no room for further doubt.
• The arguments of those who maintain that the Apology was composed during the process, resting on no evidence, do not require a serious refutation.
• But here was a very striking refutation of the charitable assumption.
• Education so conceived carries with it its own refutation.
• Does such stuff call for any refutation at all? A typical example of how it is sought to work upon public opinion by means of systematic lying is afforded by the capture of Liege.
• Some people looked on this fact as a complete refutation of the rumour.
• At this Polus laughs outright, which leads Socrates to remark that laughter is a new species of refutation.
• But, my good friend, where is the refutation? I cannot admit a word which you have been saying.
• The weakness of such arguments was their best refutation.
• I investigated the matter very carefully, and have left on record a conclusive refutation of the whole story in a paper published by the American Antiquarian Society.
• The detail and completeness of this fresco are the best refutation of the frequent criticism that Michael Angelo did not finish his work.
• With a virtuous shake of the head in refutation of the charge, Mr.
• That part of our theme which states our own arguments is called direct argument, and that part in which we reply to our opponents is called indirect argument or refutation.
• Did not Pierre live on that very confusion? The answer was not capable of refutation.
• It may be that they have spoken thus harshly of you with the precise intention of forcing this refutation from you, and because they despaired of any other means of arousing you.
• The refutation is the life of Christ, who died for man, and the life of Mary, who never forgot herself in thinking of others.
• It is evidently quite impossible for me to present here a full formal refutation of these positions.
• Their very eminence attracts the lie of calumny, which tradition often conveys beyond the possibility of refutation.
• And indeed there was sufficient refutation in the regulation which compelled them to dismount on reaching any village and proceed through its narrow streets on foot.

Similar words containing FUTA without suffix tion and without prefix re

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