The Only Use
refute
in
The Scarlet Letter
(Edited)
- The people, in the case of which we speak, could justify its prejudice against Roger Chillingworth by no fact or argument worthy of serious refutation.
p. 117.5refutation = argument against
Definitions:
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(1)
(refute) to disprove or argue against
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)