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Synonyms for rebuttal
rɪˈbʌt lre·but·tal

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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. rebuttalnoun

    Synonyms:
    confutation, contradiction, refutation

  2. rebuttalnoun

    The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.

    Synonyms:
    contradiction, confutation, refutation

  3. rebuttalnoun

    A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.

    Synonyms:
    contradiction, confutation, refutation

  4. rebuttalnoun

    A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.

    Synonyms:
    contradiction, confutation, refutation

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rebuttalnoun

    the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

    Synonyms:
    rebutter

  2. rebutter, rebuttalnoun

    (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

    Synonyms:
    confuter, rebutter, refuter, disprover

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PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "rebuttal":

    refutation, replica, reply

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#17944contradiction
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How to use rebuttal in a sentence?

  1. Michael Cohen:

    Yes, I was asked to make myself available and to be at the DA’s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness.

  2. Robert F. Lauterborn:

    It was in rebuttal to the 4P’s concept that had been the cornerstone of marketing teaching since 1960 or so (and still may be, in many places). I felt that the 4P’s was wrong-headed because it looked at the marketing process from the company out, instead of from the customer in, which I felt was backwards.

  3. Dominic Raab:

    It matters that we have an instant rebuttal.

  4. Matt Rivers:

    (It) gives them a clear rebuttal to the Trump administration's argument that China isn't doing its part, that could lead to greater leverage in future negotiations on other issues like trade.

  5. Susan Collins:

    PELOSI, SCHUMER MOCKED ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH ANGRY PARENTS MEMES AFTER THEIR PRIME TIME TRUMP REBUTTAL Sources tell Fox News that Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardnerremains worried about whether an extended shutdown and dysfunction in Washington could hurt the U.S.s credit rating, which is based on factors that include politics, monetary policy, economic indicators, and externalities. The county last lost its top-notch credit status in 2011 after Standard and Poors lowered it from AAA to AA +, amid a showdown over the debt ceiling. Gardner, a first-term senator, is up for re-election in 2020, and The Colorado Sun has said his seat is among the most vulnerable in Senate Minority. A poll conducted late last yearfound that Gardners favorability rating hovers near 43 percent. Hillary Clinton bested Trump by five percentage points during the 2016 presidential race in Colorado. Another Republican senator facing a tough re-election bid in 2020 in a state that went for Clinton in 2016, Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins, said Wednesday that Susan Collins had asked Trump at lunch to consider a compromise to end the shutdown. IN FIRST-EVER PRIME TIME OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS, TRUMP OFFERS COMPROMISE, LAMENTS BORDER CRISIS I suggested that we take a look at the package that we put together last February and brought to the floor as a possible compromise.


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