REBUTTAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)