evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

reductio, reductio ad absurdum - (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proff of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction

confutation - evidence that refutes conclusively

counterexample - refutation by example

actus reus, wrongful conduct, misconduct, wrongdoing - activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any wrongdoing"

overrefinement, twisting, straining, torture, distortion - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

tergiversation, equivocation - falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

lying, prevarication, fabrication - the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving

knavery, dishonesty - lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

frame-up, setup - an act that incriminates someone on a false charge

sophistication - falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"

forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud

determination, finding - the act of determining the properties of something