Noun

• S: (n) confutation (the speech act of refuting conclusively)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) refutation, defense, defence (the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions) "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
• S: (n) answer (the speech act of replying to a question)
• S: (n) reply, response (the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange) "he growled his reply"
• S: (n) speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) confutation (evidence that refutes conclusively)