counter evidence

Roget-categorie 468

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#468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter Evidence

zelfstandig naamwoord

counter evidence — evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand — conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence — disproof, refutation etc. 479 — negation etc. 536.
plea etc. 617 — vindication etc. 937 — counter protest — 'tu quoque' argument —" other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield.

werkwoord

countervail, oppose — mitigate against — rebut etc. (refute) 479 — subvert etc. (destroy) 162 — cheek, weaken — contravene — contradict etc. (deny) 536 — tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case — turn the tables — cut both ways — prove a negative.
audire alteram partem [Lat.].

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

countervailing etc. v. — contradictory.
unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence — supposititious.

bijwoord

on the contrary, per contra.

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