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Rebuttal   /rɪbˈətəl/  /ribˈətəl/   Listen
Rebuttal

noun
1.
The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument.
2.
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.  Synonym: rebutter.





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"Rebuttal" Quotes from Famous Books



... argument to present in way of rebuttal, I shook hands with the old man and started away. He walked with me to the road to put me on the right way ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 - Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women • Elbert Hubbard
... far-reaching results. Mr. and Mrs. Burch themselves looked back upon it as one of the rarest pleasures of their half year at home. The neighborhood extracted considerable eager conversation from it; argument, rebuttal, suspicion, certainty, retrospect, and prophecy. Deacon Milliken gave ten dollars towards the conversion of Syria to Congregationalism, and Mrs. Milliken had a spell of sickness over her ...
— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin


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