Pronunciation Verb
refute (refutes, present participle refuting; past and past participle refuted)
- (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
- (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
- (prove (something) to be false): debunk, disprove, rebut
- (deny the truth or correctness): deny, gainsay, rebut, reject, repudiate
- (prove (something) to be false): demonstrate, prove
- (deny the truth or correctness): accept, embrace
- French: réfuter
- German: widerlegen, entkräften
- Italian: smentire
- Portuguese: refutar
- Russian: опроверга́ть
- Spanish: refutar, rebatir, negar la mayor
- French: rejeter, contester, chicaner, récuser
- German: anfechten, widersprechen
- Italian: smentire
- Portuguese: negar
- Russian: отрица́ть
- Spanish: refutar, rebatir
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