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1. The act of refuting or disproving.
2. Evidence that refutes or disproves.


1. facts that disprove something
2. the act of disproving



1. the act of disproving.
2. proof to the contrary; refutation.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.disproof - any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something
confutation - evidence that refutes conclusively
counterexample - refutation by example
2.disproof - the act of determining that something is false
References in classic literature ?
When they affirmed that they knew the working class, he told them fundamental truths about the working class that they did not know, and challenged them for disproofs. He gave them facts, always facts, checked their excursions into the air, and brought them back to the solid earth and its facts.
Volumnia, not being supposed to know (and indeed not knowing) what is the matter, has found it a ticklish task to offer appropriate observations and consequently has supplied their place with distracting smoothings of the bed-linen, elaborate locomotion on tiptoe, vigilant peeping at her kinsman's eyes, and one exasperating whisper to herself of, "He is asleep." In disproof of which superfluous remark Sir Leicester has indignantly written on the slate, "I am not."