counterproof
Britishnoun
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Wakefield contests virtually every one of those charges, and it would take a book to encompass Deer’s allegations, Wakefield’s parries and Deer’s counterproof.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2011
The national acceptance of the laws of the Constituent Assembly was the counterproof of its work.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
Its instrument is not simply psychological analysis, but also historical analysis as a counterproof.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
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