[syn: falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation, refutal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disproof \Dis*proof"\, n. [Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. Disprove.]
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation;
as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
[1913 Webster]
I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or
in disproof of the other. --Rogers.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disproof
n 1: any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of
something [syn: disproof, falsification, refutation]
2: the act of determining that something is false [syn:
falsification, falsifying, disproof, refutation,
refutal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "disproof":
abjuration, abjurement, abrogation, absolute contradiction,
annulment, contradiction, contrary assertion, contravention,
controversion, countering, crossing, denial, disaffirmation,
disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disownment,
forswearing, gainsaying, impugnment, nullification, recantation,
refutation, renunciation, repudiation, retractation, retraction,
revocation