xBookUtils.terms['refutation'] = '
A denial of the validity of an opposing argument. In order to sound reasonable, a refutation often follows a concession that acknowledges that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable. One of the stages in classical oration, usually following the confirmation, or proof, and preceding the conclusion, or peroration.
Lou Gehrig refutes that his bad break is a cause for discouragement by saying that he has “an awful lot to live for!”
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