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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



... meaning of many words and lines in his book, and therefore was not the author"), he answered in an entirely new passage (pp.41-45). He observed later that "almost every writer on the subject" subsequently "adopted" this rebuttal.[22] Another crucial section (pp.45-49), in which Malone compares a modernized passage from "Rowley" with a passage from Chatterton's acknowledged poetry translated into Rowleian verse, was also new. This ...
— Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) • Edmond Malone



Words linked to "Rebuttal" :   refutation, defence, defense, rebut, pleading, law, jurisprudence



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