rebutter, rebuttal
(noun) (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff’s surrejoinder
rebuttal
(noun) the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rebuttal (plural rebuttals)
The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
(legal) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
• refutation
• confutation
• contradiction
• burletta
Source: Wiktionary
Re*but"tal, n. (Law)
Definition: The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
