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ref⋅u⋅ta⋅tion

  [ref-yoo-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
Also, re⋅fut⋅al  [ri-fyoot-l] .

Origin:
1540–50; < L refūtātiōn- (s. of refūtātiō), equiv. to refūtāt(us) (ptp. of refūtāre to refute; see -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion
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ref·u·ta·tion   (rěf'yŏŏ-tā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of refuting.
  2. Something, such as an argument, that refutes someone or something.
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Refutation

Ref`u*ta"tion\ (r?f`?*t?"sh?n), n. [L. refutatio: cf. F. r['e]futation.] The act or process of refuting or disproving, or the state of being refuted; proof of falsehood or error; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine, or theory, by argument or countervailing proof.

Same of his blunders seem rather to deserve a flogging than a refutation. --Macaulay.
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