#468. [Evidence on the other side, on the other hand.] Counter
Evidence. —­ N. counter evidence; evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand; conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence; disproof, refutation &c. 479; negation &c. 536.
     plea &c. 617; vindication &c. 937 counter protest; “tu quoque”
argument; other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield. 
     V. countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut &c. (refute) 479;
subvert &c. (destroy) 162; cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict &c. (deny) 536; tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative.
     audire alteram partem[Lat]. 
     Adj. countervailing &c. v.; contradictory.
     unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence; supposititious. 
     Adv. on the contrary, per contra.

     #469.  Qualification. —­ N. qualification, limitation, modification,
coloring.
     allowance, grains of allowance, consideration, extenuating
circumstances; mitigation.
     condition, proviso, prerequisite, contingency, stipulation, provision,
specification, sine qua non[Lat]; catch, string, strings attached; exemption; exception, escape clause, salvo, saving clause; discount &c. 813; restriction; fine print. 
     V. qualify, limit, modify, leaven, give a color to, introduce new
conditions, narrow, temper.
     waffle, quibble, hem and haw (be uncertain) 475; equivocate
(sophistry) 477.
     depend, depend on, be contingent on (effect) 154.
     allow for, make allowance for; admit exceptions, take into account;
modulate.
     moderate, temper, season, leaven.
     take exception. 
     Adj. qualifying &c. v.; qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged;
conditional; exceptional &c. (unconformable) 83.
     hypothetical &c. (supposed) 514; contingent &c. (uncertain) 475. 
     Adv. provided, provided that, provided always; if, unless, but, yet;
according as; conditionally, admitting, supposing; on the supposition of &c. (theoretically) 514; with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events.
     approximately &c. 197, 17; in a limited degree (smallness) 32;
somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak.
     with grains of allowance, cum grano salis[Latin:  with a grain of
salt]; exceptis excipiendis[Lat]; wind and weather permitting; if possible &c. 470.
     subject to, conditioned upon; with this proviso &c. n. 
     Phr. “if the good lord is willing and the creeks don’t rise”; catch-22.

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