Meanings
plural rebuttals
- The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
For those who imagine the capital flows with milk and honey, or avocado and sourdough, Edmonton is your rebuttal. Once full of light industry, today it has some of the most deprived areas in England.
2023 August 17, Aditya Chakrabortty, “Can’t pay and they really do take it away: what happens when the bailiffs come knocking”, in The GuardianSynonyms: see at refutation
- lawA pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishrebut
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishrebuttal
Translations
Bulgarian отричане, отхвърляне
- отричане (otričane)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- отхвърляне (othvărljane)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Chinese Mandarin 反駁 /反驳
- 反駁 /反驳 (fǎnbó)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Dutch weerlegging
- weerleggingact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Finnish vastaväite
- vastaväiteact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
German Erwiderung, Gegenschrift
- Erwiderungact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- Gegenschriftact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- Gegenbeweisact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- Widerlegungact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- Zurückweisungact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Greek ανασκευή
- ανασκευή (anaskeví)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Hindi खंडन
- खंडन (khaṇḍan)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Indonesian bidasan, sanggahan
- bidasanact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- sanggahanact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Japanese 反論
- 反論 (hanron)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Russian опровержение
- опровержение (oproverženije)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Spanish zasca, impugnación
- zascaact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- impugnaciónact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
- rebatimientoact of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Ukrainian спростува́ння
- спростува́ння (sprostuvánnja)act of refuting something by making a contrary argument
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rebuttal
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Cite this entry
rebuttal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuttal
“rebuttal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuttal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebuttal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuttal.
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