Refutation - Definition

n 1: the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions;
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive";
"in defense he said the other man started it" [syn:
refutation, defense, defence]
2: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
[syn: disproof, falsification, refutation]
3: the act of determining that something is false [syn:
falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation,
refutal]