Rebut

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case.
  • v. To repel.
  • verb-intransitive. To present opposing evidence or arguments.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
  • v. To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To drive or beat back; to repulse.
  • v. To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
  • verb-intransitive. To retire; to recoil.
  • verb-intransitive. To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To repel by force; rebuff; drive back.
  • To thrust back or away, as by denial; refuse assent to; repel; reject.
  • To repel by evidence or argument; bring counter-arguments against; refute, or strive to refute: much used in legal procedure.
  • To withdraw: used reflexively.
  • In law, to make an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. Compare surrebut.
  • In curling, to make a random stroke with great force, in the hope of gaining some advantage in the striking and displacement of the stones about the tee.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. prove to be false or incorrect
  • v. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
  • Verb Form
    rebuts    rebutted    rebutting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    confute    disprove   
    Variant
    rebutted    rebutting   
    Form
    rebuttal    rebutter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    repulse    retire    recoil    check    disprove   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hutt    Knut    abut    but    butt    cut    glut    gut    haute    hut