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Definition of Rebuttal
1. Noun. The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument.
2. Noun. (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Generic synonyms: Pleading
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Rebut
Definition of Rebuttal
1. n. The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Definition of Rebuttal
1. Noun. The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution. ¹
3. Noun. (politics) A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rebuttal
1. argument or proof that rebuts [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebuttal
| rebullition reburial reburials reburied reburies rebury reburying rebus rebuses rebuslike | rebut rebutia rebutias rebuts rebuy rebuying rebuys rec rec'd |
Literary usage of Rebuttal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief for the Trial of Civil Issues Before a Jury by Austin Abbott (1885)
"In Vermont, plaintiff having rested with a, prima facie case is allowed to support
it further during rebuttal. Clays vs. Ferris, 10 Vt., 112. ..."
2. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1917)
"adverse criticism of rebuttal in debates is that it is scattering and trivial.
The closing rebuttal speech. There is danger in formal debate that the ..."
3. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1908)
"The most common adverse criticism of rebuttal in student debates is that it is
... The Closing rebuttal Speech. — There is danger in formal debate that the ..."
4. Argumentation and Debating by William Trufant Foster (1908)
"The most common adverse criticism of rebuttal in student debates is that it is
... The Closing rebuttal Speech. — There is danger in formal debate that the ..."
5. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1899)
"But if he proceeds to prove assignment before maturity he must offer all his
evidence on this point before resting his case, and cannot give it in rebuttal. ..."
6. Debaters' Manual by Edith M. comp Phelps (1915)
"The same rule of law or of ethics (for it is both) should apply to rebuttal
speeches in general argument and debate. A rebuttal speech should be honestly ..."
7. Writing and Speaking: A Text-book of Rhetoric by Charles Sears Baldwin (1911)
"Grouping rebuttal. — The latter kind of readiness is the readiness peculiar to
... The life of debate is rebuttal. Preparation for rebuttal has been made ..."
8. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1909)
"The life of debate is rebuttal. aration for rebuttal has been made already ...
rebuttal, to be tive, must be more than a number of separate answers number ..."
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