"rebuttal" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈbʌt.əl/ [UK], /ɹiˈbʌt.əl/ [US], [ɹiˈbʌɾ.əl] [US], /ɹɪˈbat.əl/ [General-Australian], [ɹɪˈbaɾ.əl] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebuttal.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rebuttal.wav [US] Forms: rebuttals [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtəl Etymology: rebut + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rebut|al}} rebut + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} rebuttal (plural rebuttals)
  1. The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence. Translations (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument): абвяржэ́нне (abvjaržénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), отричане (otričane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), отхвърляне (othvǎrljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 反駁 (Chinese Mandarin), 反驳 (fǎnbó) (Chinese Mandarin), weerlegging [feminine] (Dutch), vastaväite (Finnish), Erwiderung [feminine] (German), Gegenschrift (note: in writing) [feminine] (German), Gegenbeweis [masculine] [law] (German), Widerlegung [feminine] (German), Zurückweisung [feminine] (German), ανασκευή (anaskeví) [feminine] (Greek), bidasan (Indonesian), sanggahan (Indonesian), 反論 (hanron) (alt: はんろん) (Japanese), жоққа шығару (joqqa şyğaru) (Kazakh), өтірікке шығару (ötırıkke şyğaru) (Kazakh), теріске шығару (terıske şyğaru) (Kazakh), опровержение (oproverženije) (Russian), zasca [masculine] (Spanish), спростува́ння (sprostuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rebuttal-en-noun-qcDbxIp1 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 20 44 36 Disambiguation of 'act of refuting something by making a contrary argument': 82 12 5
  2. A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
    Sense id: en-rebuttal-en-noun-79OsTpvZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 41 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 20 44 36
  3. (law) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-rebuttal-en-noun-8xbFp~1S Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 20 44 36 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: refutation, confutation, contradiction Derived forms: right of rebuttal Related terms: rebut, rebuttable, rebutter

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "Widerlegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zurückweisung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anaskeví",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ανασκευή"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "bidasan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "sanggahan"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんろん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanron",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "反論"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "joqqa şyğaru",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "жоққа шығару"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ötırıkke şyğaru",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "өтірікке шығару"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "terıske şyğaru",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "теріске шығару"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oproverženije",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "word": "опровержение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zasca"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sprostuvánnja",
      "sense": "act of refuting something by making a contrary argument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "спростува́ння"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rebuttal"
  ],
  "word": "rebuttal"
}

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