Statistical tests always involve a trade-off between: 1  the acceptable level of false positives (in which a non-match is declared to be a match) and. 2  the acceptable level of false negatives (in which an actual match is not detected).
transitive verb. 1 : to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2 : to refuse to have anything to do with : disown. 3a : to refuse to accept; especially : to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force repudiate a contractb : to reject as untrue or unjust repudiate a charge.
1 to declare not to be true while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger, behind the scenes the CEO was working to effect that very outcome Synonyms contradict, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, deny, reject, repudiateRelated Words traverse; challenge, confute, disprove, rebut; disagree ( ...