Rebuttal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of rebutting.
  • n. A statement made in rebutting.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
  • n. A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
  • n. A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of rebutting; refutation; confutation; contradiction.
  • n. In law, that part of a trial in which the plaintiff endeavors to meet the defendant's evidence by counter-evidence.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
  • n. the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pleading    defense    refutation    defence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    refutation    contradiction    confutation   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ruttle    scuttle    shuttle    subtle    suttle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arraignment    expostulation    peroration    rebuke    side-glance   
     
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