(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. / (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).

A person who refutes with an argument or example. / An argument or example that refutes.

plural of refuter

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refute

simple past tense and past participle of refute

An act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.

Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.

present participle of refute

plural of refutability

The ability to be refuted; disprovability.