redargution

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noun

The act of redarguing; refutation.

OriginLatin redargutio →
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Meanings

nounredargution (countable and uncountable, plural redargutions)

plural redargutions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe act of redarguing; refutation.

    that part of the book which we term the destroying , consists of a threefold argument of redargution or exposure ; redargution of the philosophies ; redargution of the demonstrations ; and redargution of human reason in its natural course.

    (Preface)

Origin

  1. Latinredargutio
  2. Englishredargution

From Latin redargutio.

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