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REBUTTAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Synonyms:
rebuttal; rebutter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rebuttal" is a kind of...):
pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rebuttal" is a kind of...):
defence; defense; refutation (the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions)
Derivation:
rebut (overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof)
