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

Derived terms

• right of rebuttal

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: 反駁はんばく／反はん驳 (zh) (fǎnbó)

• Dutch: weerlegging (nl) f
• Finnish: vastaväite (fi)
• German: Erwiderung (de) f, Gegenschrift (de) f (in writing), Gegenbeweis (de) m (law), Widerlegung (de) f, Zurückweisung (de) f
• Greek: ανασκευή (el) f (anaskeví)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 反論はんろん (ja) (はんろん, hanron)
• Kazakh: жоққа шығару (joqqa şyğaru), өтірікке шығару (ötırıkke şyğaru), теріске шығару (terıske şyğaru)
• Norwegian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: опровержение (ru) (oproverženije)
• Spanish: zasca (es) m

Further reading

• “rebuttal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “rebuttal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• burletta