'Rebuttal' definitions:
Definition of 'rebuttal'
(from WordNet)
noun
The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
noun
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder [syn: rebutter, rebuttal]
Definition of 'Rebuttal'
From: GCIDE
- Rebuttal \Re*but"tal\ (r[-e]*b[u^]t"tal), n. (Law) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rebuttal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- answer,
- argument,
- bucking,
- challenge,
- comeback,
- complete answer,
- confounding,
- confutation,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contraremonstrance,
- contravention,
- contraversion,
- controversion,
- counteraccusation,
- counteraction,
- counterblast,
- countercharge,
- counterclaim,
- counterreply,
- counterstatement,
- counterworking,
- crosscurrent,
- crossing,
- defense,
- demolition,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- discrediting,
- effective rejoinder,
- exception,
- head wind,
- impugnation,
- impugnment,
- negation,
- objection,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnation,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- plea,
- pleading,
- pleadings,
- rebutment,
- rebutter,
- refusal,
- refutal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- rejoinder,
- replication,
- reply,
- resistance,
- response,
- retaliation,
- retort,
- riposte,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- squelch,
- standing against,
- statement of defense,
- subversion,
- surrebuttal,
- surrebutter,
- surrejoinder,
- traversal,
- undercurrent,
- undermining,
- upset,
- upsetting