Rebuttal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rebuttal
       n 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 [syn: {rebutter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebuttal":
     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