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Definition confutation in British English

confutation noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/ˌkɒnfjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
1

proof that a person or argument is wrong, or an occasion when this happens

Example

I am as much interested in the confutation of these slanders as he is himself.

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Definition confutation in British English