refute

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1)  To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
 * 2)  To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
 * 1)  To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

Usage notes

 * The second meaning of is proscribed as erroneous by some | (compare Merriam Webster,1994). An alternative term with such a meaning is, which means to reject or refuse to acknowledge, but without the implication of justification. However, this distinction does not exist in the original Latin , which can apply to both senses.
 * Refute is also often confused with rebut; a rebuttal, in formal debate terms, is a counter-refutation, and it also has a specific legal sense, though like refutation, the word has taken on the informal and disputed meaning of denial.

Synonyms

 * : debunk, disprove, rebut
 * : deny, gainsay, rebut, reject, repudiate

Antonyms

 * : demonstrate, prove
 * : accept, embrace

Derived terms

 * self-refute

Translations

 * Arabic:, أَدْحَضَ, فَنَّدَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: təkzib etmək
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, refuteren
 * Esperanto: refuti
 * Finnish: osoittaa vääräksi
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: εὐθύνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:, refūtō, redarguō
 * Malayalam:, നിരാകരിക്കൽ
 * Norwegian: motbevise
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оповрга́вати, опо̀вргнути
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene: ovreči
 * Spanish:, , negar la mayor
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:,  ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: nei
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Maori: whākorekore, whawhati
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kadhibisha
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * French:
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Etymology
From, from. Compare.

Noun

 * 1)  state of protection or comfort
 * 2)  place of protection or comfort
 * 3) A protector or comforter.