infirmationn.
/ɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ rare.
The action of weakening or invalidating (evidence).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > weakness, instability > creation of
infirming1612
infirmation1808
1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 72 The testimony of each witness operating either in confirmation or infirmation of that of the rest.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. v. 128 For infirmation, or even for confirmation..it may still have its use.
1953 W. V. Quine From Logical Point of View ii. 37 Method of empirical confirmation or infirmation.
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