Confutation
/ˌkɒn.fjuːˈteɪ.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or process of confuting; refutation. countable, uncountable
- 2 evidence that refutes conclusively wordnet
- 3 Something that confutes. countable, uncountable
- 4 the speech act of refuting conclusively wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnfūtātiō (“refutation”, feminine noun). By surface analysis, confute + -ation.