What does "counterevidence" mean?

Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.

Counterevidence

Common synonyms include: challenge, contradict, contradictory evidence, counter-evidence, disabusing, discrediting.

noun

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Noun

1
Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. countable, uncountable
"Having been strongly pressed to do so, I gave counter-evidence, and I believe, in the opinion of the Commission, demolished the Doctor a second time."
2
(philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis. wordnet

"The policeman discovered counterevidence."

From counter- + evidence.