Roget's Thesaurus

#468. Counter Evidence

Nouns

counter evidence; evidence on the other side, evidence on the other hand; conflicting evidence, contradictory evidence, opposing evidence; disproof, refutation etc. 479; negation etc. 536. plea etc. 617; vindication etc. 937; counter protest; 'tu quoque' argument; other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield.

Verbs

countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut etc. (refute) 479; subvert etc. (destroy) 162; cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict etc. (deny) 536; tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative. audire alteram partem [Lat.].

Adjectives

countervailing etc. v.; contradictory. unattested, unauthenticated, unsupported by evidence; supposititious.

Adverbs

on the contrary, per contra.