cogent evidence

English Thesaurus

1. any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	evidence, grounds,
definition	:	your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	check, confirmation, substantiation, verification,
definition	:	additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	establishment, validation,
definition	:	the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof (noun.cognition)