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contradictory account

[ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri əˈkaʊnt]
nounpl: contradictory accounts
relato contraditório
1. A narrative or description that contains statements or claims that oppose or negate each other, making it logically inconsistent
The witness provided a contradictory account of the incident, first claiming the light was red, then saying it was green.
A testemunha forneceu um relato contraditório do incidente, primeiro afirmando que a luz estava vermelha, depois dizendo que estava verde.
2. Two or more conflicting versions of events or facts given by different sources or the same source at different times
The police received contradictory accounts from the three witnesses present at the scene.
A polícia recebeu relatos contraditórios das três testemunhas presentes na cena.
Synonyms
conflicting accountinconsistent narrativeconflicting testimonyinconsistent accountdiscrepant account
Antonyms
consistent accountcoherent narrativecorroborating accountcompatible account

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
relato contraditório
Standard usage in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
relato contraditório
Common in legal and journalistic contexts
Portugal
relato contraditório
Standard usage; also 'depoimento contraditório' in legal contexts

Related Idioms & Phrases

telling two different stories
changing one's story
out of one's own mouth
speak with a forked tongue
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