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advance

• to prove that a claim is false

• to put forward a claim

• to confirm or support a claim

• to prove the accuracy of a claim

surmise

• to assume, draw a conclusion without strong evidence

• to think deeply about

• to deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning

• to admit that an opposing claim is true

conjecture

• an issue

• a question

• a claim

• a hypothesis

detractor

• erson who questions or doubts a claim

• person who supports a claim or course of action

• person who criticizes a claim or course of action

• person who makes a claim

substantiate

• to provide evidence to prove a claim

• to draw a conclusion without strong evidence

• to prove that a claim is false

• to offer an argument against a claim believed to be false

bolster

• to buttress

• to provide support for an argument

• to deduce or conclude from evidence

• to think deeply about

grapple with

• to put forward a claim

• to prove the accuracy of a claim

• to accept or admit the validity of a claim

• to try to deal with or understand a difficult problem

rebut

• to offer an argument against a claim believed to be false

• to prove the accuracy of a claim

• to provide a support for an argument

• to think deeply about

concede

• to assume

• to provide support for an argument

• to admit that an opposing claim is true

• to think deeply about

acknowledge

• to put forward a claim

• to accept or admit the validity of a claim

• to provide support for an argument

• to deduce or conclude from evidence