rĕdargūtĭo

ōnis, f.

redarguo

I. a refutation, reproof, defence: non habens in ore suo refutationes, Vulg. Psa. 37, 15: in redargutionem venire, id. Act. 19, 27; id. Psa. 37, 15; Boëth. Arist. Elench. 1 pr.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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