Antonyms for refute
rɪˈfyutre·fute

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1. refuteverb

   Antonyms:
   embrace, accept, demonstrate, prove

   Synonyms:
   deny, repudiate, disprove, reject, gainsay

2. refuteverb

   To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.

   Antonyms:
   demonstrate, prove, accept, embrace

   Synonyms:
   repudiate, reject, deny, gainsay, disprove

3. refuteverb

   To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

   Synonyms:
   deny, gainsay, disprove, repudiate, reject

   Antonyms:
   prove, accept, embrace, demonstrate

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1. refute

   To refute and to confute are to answer so as to admit of no reply. To refute a statement is to demonstrate its falsity by argument or countervailing proof; confute is substantially the same in meaning, tho differing in usage. Refute applies either to arguments and opinions or to accusations; confute is not applied to accusations and charges, but to arguments or opinions. Refute is not now applied to persons, but confute is in good use in this application; a person is confuted when his arguments are refuted.

   Synonyms:
   confound, confute, disprove, overthrow, repel

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1. refute

   Antonyms:
   prove, confirm, establish

   Synonyms:
   negative, disprove, neutralize, controvert, repel, confute

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1. • Renounce

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1. refute, rebutverb

   overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof

   "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"

   Synonyms:
   controvert, rebut

2. refute, rebut, controvertverb

   prove to be false or incorrect

   Synonyms:
   controvert, rebut, contradict, oppose

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1. refuteverb

   Synonyms:
   confute, disprove

How to use refute in a sentence?

1. Dora Cavalcanti:

   That phrase 'destroy email' meant 'explain' or 'refute' the allegations about the email.

2. Professor Kalt:

   Citing me that way, they make it sound like I was making that argument. But I wasn't. On page 37, I raise that argument as something a critic might say, and then I refute it.

3. Foreign Minister Wang:

   We never pick a fight or bully others. But we have principles and guts. We will push back against any deliberate insult, resolutely defend our national honor and dignity, and we will refute all groundless slander with facts.

4. Tori Herridge:

   I am very excited to see how this work develops, and what new data might arise to support or refute this. I am sure it will come under intense scrutiny.

5. Judge Kavanaugh:

   I have never done anything like what the accuser describes -- to her or to anyone, because this never happened, I had no idea who was making this accusation until she identified herself yesterday. I am willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee in any way the committee deems appropriate to refute this false allegation, from 36 years ago, and defend my integrity.

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