Contradiction

Denial of another's statement. I Negation of one's own statement. I Opposing statements made by the same person . They constitute the basis of conviction in a large part of the interrogations of defendants or suspects. (See retraction .) I Opposition, contradiction. The foundation of the contentious process is the principle of free contradiction guaranteed to the parties. (See adversarial trial.) I Incompatibility of two propositions, which cannot both be true, since one of them affirms and the other denies the same thing.