Confirmation and Refutation

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Confirmation

Confirmation noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.
Usage example: regards the finding as a confirmation of the theory that extraterrestrial impacts were responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs
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Antonyms for Confirmation
Refutation is an antonym for confirmation.
Nearby Words: confirm, confirmed, confirmatory, confirming, confirmative

Refutation

Refutation noun - Something (as an argument) that serves to disprove.
Usage example: these are hard scientific facts against which there can be no reasonable refutation
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Antonyms for Refutation
Confirmation is an antonym for refutation in topics: rebuttal, disproving.
Nearby Words: refute, refuted, refutable, refuting
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