controverting

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On the list for the class of 2013, three facts controverting my own early experience catch the eye: one demographic, one geographic, and one pedagogic.

From Salon • May 25, 2013

An individuality so tautly drawn between the twin Spanish columns of dignity and passion could never conform to the crude consequences of his own controverting eloquence.

From Time Magazine Archive

There being no controverting the truth of this statement, Lady Hayes made no reply.

From A College Girl by Groome, William H. C.

Excus′atory, making or containing excuse: apologetic.—Excuse me, an expression used as an apology for any slight impropriety, or for controverting a statement that has been made.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

If, after this explanation, anyone still has aught of criticism, I must needs be silent, not controverting his censure.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison