Refutation and Verification

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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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Verification is an antonym for refutation.

Nearby Words: refute, refuted, refutable, refuting

Verification noun - Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct.

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Refutation is an antonym for verification.

Nearby Words: verify, verified, verifiable, verity, verifying

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