Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REF-U-TA'TION
REF-U-TA'TION, n. [L. refutatio. See Refute.]
The act or process of refuting or disproving; the act of proving to be false or erroneous; the overthrowing of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory, by argument or countervailing proof. – Bentley.
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