refute

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  2. verb prove to be false or incorrect

Etymology

From Latin refūtō (“refute, repudiate”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

rebut

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