Associations to the word «Probative»

Wiktionary

PROBATIVE, adjective. (legal) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.

Dictionary definition

PROBATIVE, adjective. Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King