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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settling event |
| Synonyms: | capper, closer, coup de grâce, crowning blow, culmination, deathblow, deciding moment, finisher, finishing touch |
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| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proof |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, attestation, averment, cincher, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, cue, data, declaration, demonstration, deposition, documentation, dope*, goods*, gospel, grabber, grounds, index, indication, indicia, info, information, manifestation, mark, sign, significant, smoking gun, substantiation, symptom, testament, testimonial, testimony, token, witness |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, disproof, heresay, refutation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | payoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, climax |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, clincher, consequence, culmination, day of reckoning, final reckoning, finale, judgment, moment of truth, outcome, pay, payment, punch line, result, retribution, reward, settlement, upshot |
| Antonyms: | introduction, start |
| Main Entry: | proof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, authentication |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, argument, attestation, averment, case, certification, chapter and verse, clincher, clue, confirmation, corroboration, credentials, criterion, cue*, data, demonstration, deposition, documents, establishment, exhibit, facts, goods*, grabber, grounds, information, lowdown, nitty-gritty, paper trail, picture, reason, reasons, record, scoop*, score*, skinny*, smoking gun, straight stuff, substantiation, testament, testimony, trace, validation, verification, warrant, wherefore, why*, whyfor, witness |
| Notes: | evidence (from Latin e- 'out' + videre 'to see') is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion |
| Antonyms: | hypothesis, theory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kiss of death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finishing stroke |
| Synonyms: | clincher, coup de grace, deathblow, end-all, knockout, mortal blow |
| Main Entry: | last word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authoritative statement |
| Synonyms: | clincher, dernier cri, final say, point well taken, valid point, veto power |
| Main Entry: | quietus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defeat |
| Synonyms: | clincher, coup de grace, final blow, overcoming, overthrow |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | evidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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adminicular, autoptic, based on, confirmatory, corroborative, deducible, founded on, grounded on, indicative, indicatory, showing
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| Main Entry: | proof |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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apodictic, apodictical, categorical, consectary, consequential, crucial, decisive, deducible, demonstrable, demonstrated, demonstrating, demonstrative, endeictic, evident, following, inferential, irrefragable, irresistible, probative, proved, receptary, unanswerable, unanswered, unconfuted, unrefuted
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