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Definition of refute : To disprove and overthrow by argument, evidence, or countervailing proof; to prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; as, to refute arguments; to refute testimony; to refute opinions or theories; to refute a disputant.

Synonyms:

overthrow, controvert, affirm, repel, confound

confute, dispute, abrogate, repeal, disprove, conflict, challenge, rejoin, contradict, rebut

denounce

delete, efface, divorce, eradicate, dismiss, reject, disavow, extinguish, eliminate, neutralize, retract, disaffirm, veto, obliterate, abnegate, negate, deny, withdraw, nullify, destroy, cancel, abolish, repudiate, revoke, invalidate, undo, disclaim, annul, dissolve

dispose of, cancel out, contend, argue against, contravene, give the lie to, demolish, prove false, debate, discredit, parry, expose, oppose, knock holes in, provide refutation for, convict, take a stand against, overturn, subvert, quash, gainsay, squelch, not leave a leg to stand on, show up, crush, show the weakness in, explode, belie, tear down, reply to

clear, pardon, absolve, exculpate, excuse, apologize, vindicate, avenge, mitigate, exonerate, forgive, acquit

answer, retort, explain, react, expound, justify, return, reply, object, respond, acknowledge, defend, echo

Usage examples:

• Hollister challenged his reason to refute that cry of his heart. - "The Hidden Places", Bertrand W. Sinclair.
• Passeri attributes his grand achievements more to his amazing study than to his genius; and some have not hesitated to deny that he possessed any genius at all- an opinion which his works abundantly refute. - "Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)", Shearjashub Spooner.
• Why had Major Boggs given me those answers, when these books would flatly refute them? - "The Flying Saucers are Real", Donald Keyhoe.