denial, refutation, confutation, act of disproving
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Disproof Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
disproof
\dis*proof"\ (?), n. [pref. dis- + proof. cf. disprove.] a proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. i need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other.
proof to the contrary***The fact that he was not present at the site of the crime is not a certain disproof for his complicity in the crime.
Noun
1. any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
(synonym) falsification, refutation
(hypernym) evidence, grounds
(hyponym) reductio ad absurdum, reductio
2. the act of determining that something is false
(synonym) falsification, falsifying, refutation
(hypernym) determination, finding
Disproof Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either (a) presumed to be true, or (b) were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth. Evidence is the currency by which one fulfills the burden of proof.
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