Meaning & use
refuting
Proving a statement, theory, or argument to be false or mistaken; present participle of refute.
See it in a sentence
The scientist spent the lecture refuting claims that the treatment had no side effects.
Her essay focuses on refuting the popular myth about the city's founding.
A note on using this word
Refuting means actually disproving something with evidence, unlike simply 'denying,' which just rejects a claim without proof.
Words with a similar meaning
disprovingrebutting
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Words with an opposite meaning
confirmingsupporting
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