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    REBUTTAL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argumentplay

    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)

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