The Collaborative International Dictionary
confuting \confuting\ n. the act of demonstrating that something is false; confutation.
Syn: falsification, falsifying, disproving, refuting.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of confute English)
Usage examples of "confuting".
We sometimes disputed, and very fond we were of argument, and very desirous of confuting one another, which disputatious turn, by the way, is apt to become a very bad habit, making people often extremely disagreeable in company by the contradiction that is necessary to bring it into practice.
So that there is nothing of more weight for confuting all sorts of aliens, if they contend about this matter, and for supporting our friends, if they are truly wise, than to quote those divine predictions about Christ which are written in the books of the Jews, who have been torn from their native abode and dispersed over the whole world in order to bear this testimony, so that the Church of Christ has everywhere increased.