confutation

[ kon-fyoo-tey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of confuting.

  2. something that confutes.

  1. Classical Oratory. the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation.

Origin of confutation

1
1425–75; late Middle English confutacioun (<Middle French ) <Latin confūtātiōn- (stem of confūtātiō), equivalent to confūtāt(us) silenced (past participle of confūtāre;see confute, -ate1) + -iōn--ion

Other words from confutation

  • con·fut·a·tive [kuhn-fyoo-tuh-tiv], /kənˈfyu tə tɪv/, adjective
  • un·con·fut·a·tive, adjective

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