confutation

[ kon-fyoo-tey-shuhn ]

/ ˌkɒn fyʊˈteɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act of confuting.

something that confutes.

Classical Oratory. the fourth section of a speech, given over to direct refutation.

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Origin of confutation

1425–75; late Middle English confutacioun (<Middle French ) <Latin confūtātiōn- (stem of confūtātiō), equivalent to confūtāt(us) silenced (past participle of confūtāre;see confute, -ate¹) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM confutation

con·fut·a·tive

[kuhn-fyoo-tuh-tiv], /kənˈfyu tə tɪv/, adjectiveun·con·fut·a·tive, adjective

Words nearby confutation

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How to use confutation in a sentence

Your portrayal of her is the finest confutation of The Method I have ever witnessed.
Brian Bedford Interviewed on The Importance of Being Earnest|Kevin Sessums|January 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It threatens his whole doctrine of compact, and its darling derivatives, nullification and secession, with instant confutation.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster
For the confutation of this whole reasoning it might be sufficient to ask:—Has it produced these effects?
Aids to Reflection|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The preface contained the first declaration of his famous formula which was applied to the confutation of Blackstone.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen

Trifles light as air are confirmation strong as proofs of Holy Writ, and confutation no less strong.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864|Various
He had published his doubts in 1823, but his final confutation of the theory of parallelism is found in this Scholion.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell