Rebuttal – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
rebuttal
n.
refutation, contradiction, opposition
Rebuttal
- This article is about the legal concept; for a rebuttal used in informal logic, see counterargument.
In
law,
rebuttal is a form of
evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party. By analogy the same term is used in
politics and
public affairs to refer to the informal process by which statements, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents, are deployed in the media.
rebuttal
Noun
1. the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
(hypernym) refutation, defense, defence
(derivation) refute, rebut
2. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
(synonym) rebutter
(hypernym) pleading
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Rebuttal
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
rebuttal
Synonyms and related words:
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
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