rebuttal

rebut +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbʌtəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbʌt̬ᵊl/
• Rhymes: -ʌtəl

rebuttal (plural rebuttals)

1. The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
2. A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
3. (law) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.

• refutation
• confutation
• contradiction

• rebut
• rebuttable
• rebutter

• rebuttal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rebuttal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• burletta