deducible, consequential, consectary[obs3], inferential, following.
     [demonstrated to one’s satisfaction] convincing, cogent, persuasive
(believable) 484. 
     Adv. of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course;
necessarily, of necessity. 
     Phr. probatum est[Lat]; there is nothing more to be said; quod est
demonstrandum[Lat], Q.E.D.; it must follow; exitus acta probat[Lat].

     #479.  Confutation. —­ N. {ant 478} confutation, refutation; answer,
complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution[obs3], invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument[Lat]; sockdolager * [obs3][U.  S.].
     correction &c. 527a; dissuasion &c. 616. 
     V. confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut,
confound, disconfirm, redargue[obs3], expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; demolish, break &c. (destroy) 162; overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate; silence; put to silence, reduce to silence; clinch an argument, clinch a question; give one a setdown[obs3], stop the mouth, shut up; have, have on the hip.
     not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one’s feet.
     be confuted &c.; fail; expose one’s weak point, show one’s weak point.
     counter evidence &c. 468. 
     Adj. confuting, confuted, &c. v.; capable of refutation; refutable,
confutable[obs3], defeasible.
     contravene (counter evidence) 468.
     condemned on one’s own showing,condemned out of one’s own mouth. 
     Phr. the argument falls to the ground, cadit quaestio[Lat], it does
not hold water, “suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo” [Terence]; his argument was demolished by new evidence.

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     #480.  Judgment. [Conclusion.] —­ N. result, conclusion, upshot;
deduction, inference, ergotism[Med]; illation; corollary, porism[obs3]; moral.
     estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication[obs3];
dijudication[obs3], adjudication; arbitrament, arbitrement[obs3], arbitration; assessment, ponderation[obs3]; valorization.
     award, estimate; review, criticism, critique, notice, report.
     decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree;
findings of fact; findings of law; res judicata[Lat].
     plebiscite, voice, casting vote; vote &c. (choice) 609; opinion &c.
(belief) 484; good judgment &c. (wisdom) 498.
     judge, umpire; arbiter, arbitrator; asessor, referee.
     censor, reviewer, critic; connoisseur; commentator &c. 524; inspector,
inspecting officer.
      twenty-twenty hindsight[judgment after the fact]; armchair general,
monday morning quarterback. 
     V. judge, conclude; come to a conclusion, draw a conclusion, arrive at
a conclusion; ascertain, determine, make up one’s