rebuttal

rebuttal

English

Etymology

rebut +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbʌtəl/
• Rhymes: -ʌtəl

Noun

rebuttal (plural rebuttals)

1. The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
2. A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
3. (law) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.

Usage notes

• See refute.

Synonyms

• refutation
• confutation
• contradiction

Related terms

• rebut
• rebuttable
• rebutter

Translations

act of refuting something by making a contrary argument

Bulgarian: отричане (bg) n (otričane), отхвърляне (bg) n (othvǎrljane) Chinese: Mandarin: 反駁／反驳 (zh) (fǎnbó) Dutch: weerlegging (nl) f Finnish: vastaväite (fi) German: Erwiderung (de) f, Gegenschrift f (in writing), Gegenbeweis (de) m (law), Widerlegung (de) f Greek: ανασκευή (el) f (anaskeví) Japanese: 反論 (ja) (はんろん, hanron) Kazakh: жоққа шығару (joqqa şyğaru), өтірікке шығару (ötırıkke şyğaru), теріске шығару (terıske şyğaru) Russian: опровержение (ru) (oproverženije) Spanish: zasca (es) m

Further reading

• rebuttal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• rebuttal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• burletta