rĕfūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [refuto];
in rhet., a refutation , Cic. Top. 25, 93; Quint. 5, 13, 1; 3, 9, 5; 4, 3, 15; 6, 3, 72.
refūtātiō ōnis, f refuto, a refutation . ...
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