refutal

Pity the words spent in the refutal of such "reasons" and views!

I am righted before the world; my untiring industry and uprightness of life are the refutal of his calumnies.

He had rarely, if ever, known his daughter to make such an explicit refutal of his inferences.

Such argument is hardly worthy of serious refutal, since it stultifies itself.

He had kept Adela's warning in mind, and determined to be calmly dignified in his refutal of the charges brought against him.