The meaning of Rebuttal

noun

The act of proving that a person or an argument is wrong

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Confutation of she prepared a lengthy confutation of her rival's theory., saint augustine devoted a…

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A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.

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The proposed new system suffers from a set of internal contradictions

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An argument against another argument, idea, or suggestion

verb

Speak or act in opposition to.

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The second argument is more difficult to counter

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A long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria.

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Having eaten these we were hard pressed to ignore the shop counter as we departed.

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A small disc used in board games for keeping the score or as a place marker.

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It was used for making pendants, finger rings, playing counters, dice and even spindle whorls.

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A statement asserting that evidence or an accusation is false.

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This proposal prompted a strong counterstatement

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A statement that is made in reply to a previous statement, saying that it is not true or giving a different opinion

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He issued a counter-statement, claiming that he had been attacked without provocation., newspapers …

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The action of denying something.

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She shook her head in denial

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A statement that something is not true

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His statement is not a denial., planning staff recommended denial of the project., he claims he’s n…

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The action of proving that something is untrue.

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Determination of facts, and disproval of slanders

verb

Prove that (something) is false.

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He has given the department of transport two months to disprove the allegation

verb

Present participle of disprove

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The allegations have been disproved.

noun

The action of stopping a document, ticket, law, etc. from being legally or officially acceptable

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Premature disclosure of the test sites might lead to invalidation of the experiment., voting fraud …

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The contradiction or denial of something.

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There should be confirmation—or negation—of the findings

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The action of causing something to not exist or to have no effect

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The utter negation of natural beauty was appalling., she sees faith as a negation of reason., she s…

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The exact opposite of something, or a complete lack of it

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She sees faith as a negation of reason.

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A defendant's reply to the plaintiff's surrejoinder.

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But my understanding is that the rebutter that is then presented against you is under the police po…

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The action of proving a statement or theory to be wrong or false.

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Scientific theory is always tentative, open to refutation

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The act of saying or proving that a person, statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false

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She published a refutation in the newspapers two days later., here is a simple refutation of that a…

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The action of copying or reproducing something.

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The extraordinary speed and replication of information created by computerization

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The act of making or doing something again in exactly the same way, or something that is made or done in this way

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Replication of these findings in other studies will be important., the second project was not desig…

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A plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rebutter.

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In the debates, the candidates will be allowed two-minute responses, 90-second rebuttals and 60-sec…

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A plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rejoinder.

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In its surrejoinder the defendant recalls that the charges against the complainant have been proved.