disproof
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of somethingSynonyms: falsificationrefutationType of evidence, groundsKinds reductio ad absurdum, confutation, counterexample
- the act of determining that something is falseSynonyms: falsificationfalsifyingrefutationrefutalType of determination, finding
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dis·proof′ noun
Origin: Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. Disprove.
A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other.— Rogers
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54