red|ar|gu|tion

red|ar|gu|tion
red|ar|gu|tion «REHD ahr GYOO shuhn», noun.
Rare. disproof of a statement or argument; refutation.
[< Latin redargūtiō, -ōnis < redarguere redargue]

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