Proof and Refutation

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Proof noun - Something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim.

Usage example: she presented proof that she had not cheated

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Refutation is an antonym for proof.

Nearby Words: proofed, proofing

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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Proof is an antonym for refutation.

Nearby Words: refute, refuted, refutable, refuting

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Refutation and Proof. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/proof/refutation

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