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confutation

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con⋅fu⋅ta⋅tion

  [kon-fyoo-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of confuting.
2. something that confutes.
3. Classical Oratory. the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME confutacioun (< MF) < L confūtātiōn- (s. of confūtātiō), equiv. to confūtāt(us) silenced (ptp. of confūtāre; see confute, -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
con⋅fut⋅a⋅tive  [kuhn-fyoo-tuh-tiv] , adjective
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con·fu·ta·tion   (kŏn'fyōō-tā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of confuting.

  2. Something that confutes.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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