adduced
Offered as proof
Adduced is the past tense of adduce, meaning to cite as evidence or bring forward in argument.
The word belongs to formal discourse—legal briefs, academic papers, philosophical debates: The lawyer adduced three precedents in support of her motion.
You adduce facts, reasons, or examples to support a claim.
Sworn statement as evidence
- proofDemonstration of truth
- exhibitItem publicly displayed
- corroborativeTending to support claims
- incriminatingProving guilt or wrongdoing
exculpatory · forensic · circumstantial · affidavit · deposition · authentication · substantiation · probative
Reasoned case or dispute
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- rationaleStated basis for action
- groundsBasis for justification
- basisUnderlying support or principle
premise · justification · inference · proposition · contention · assertion · claim · thesis
testimony
Sworn statement as evidence
- proofDemonstration of truth
- exhibitItem publicly displayed
- corroborativeTending to support claims
incriminating · exculpatory · forensic · circumstantial · affidavit · deposition · authentication · substantiation · probative · admissible
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
basis · premise · justification · inference · proposition · contention · assertion · claim · thesis · support
reference
Directing attention elsewhere
example · instance · quotation · passage · excerpt · text · case · illustration · mention · invocation
adducedwithheld
Kept from giving
suppressed · concealed · hid · hidden · covered up
adducedrefuted
Proved an argument false
rebutted · disproved · contradicted · contested · challenged