rebuttal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
  2. noun (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
    rebutter.

WordNet


Re*but"tal noun
Definitions
  1. (Law) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

Webster 1913