to refute an allegation

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• allegation — n. assertion 1) to make an allegation 2) to drop, retract, withdraw an allegation 3) to deny; refute an allegation 4) a false; serious; unproved, unsubstantiated, unsupported; vague allegation 5) an allegation about; against (allegations of fraud …   Combinatory dictionary

• refute — re|fute [rıˈfju:t] v [T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: refutare, from futare to hit ] 1.) to prove that a statement or idea is not correct = ↑rebut refute a hypothesis/a claim/an idea etc ▪ an attempt to refute Darwin s theories 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Allegation antisemite — Allégation antisémite Antisémitisme Fondamentaux Définitions : Antijudaïsme · Antisémitisme · Judéophobie Allégations : « Peuple déicide, perfide et usurier, profanateurs  …   Wikipédia en Français

• refute — means ‘to prove (something) false by argument’, and the element ‘by argument’ is important; it should not be used simply as an alternative for deny or repudiate(or in some cases reject or dispute) which imply straightforward rejection without… …   Modern English usage

• refute — (v.) 1510s, refuse, reject, from L. refutare drive back, repress, repel, rebut, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + futare to beat, probably from PIE root *bhat to strike down (Cf. BAT (Cf. bat) (n.1 …   Etymology dictionary

• Allégation antisémite — L allégation antisémite est une accusation délibérément fabriquée, présentée comme vraie, dans le seul but d inciter à l antisémitisme. Bien qu elles aient été largement réfutées, les calomnies antisémites, font souvent partie d une théorie plus… …   Wikipédia en Français

• allegation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ damaging, serious ▪ baseless, false, spurious (esp. BrE), unfounded, unproven, unsubstantiated, untrue …   Collocations dictionary

• refute, deny — Like repudiate, refute is a stronger, more powerful word than deny. To deny is to claim that an opinion, statement, allegation, or charge is simply not true. To refute is to prove that whatever is stated or believed is false, erroneous, and… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word