rebut

re·but  (r-bt)

v. re·but·ted, re·but·ting, re·buts

v.tr.

1. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case.

2. To repel.

v.intr.

To present opposing evidence or arguments.

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[Middle English reboten, rebutte, to rebuke, repel, from Old French rebouter : re-, re- + bouter, to push (of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots).]

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rebut [rɪˈbʌt]

vb -buts, -butting, -butted

(tr) to refute or disprove, esp by offering a contrary contention or argument

[from Old French reboter, from re- + boter to thrust, butt³]

rebuttable  adj

rebuttal  n

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rebut, refute - To rebut a statement is to offer clear evidence or a reasoned argument against it; to refute a statement is to prove it wrong (neither means "contradict" or "deny").

See also related terms for prove.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	rebut - overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" refute repudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" controvert, contradict, oppose - be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" answer - give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument); "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
	2.	rebut - prove to be false or incorrect controvert, refute confute, disprove - prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

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rebut

verb disprove, defeat, overturn, quash, refute, negate, invalidate, prove wrong, confute He spent most of his speech rebutting criticisms.

Translations

rebut [rɪˈbʌt] VT → rebatir, impugnar

rebut [rɪˈbʌt] vt [+ charge, allegation, objections] → réfuter

rebut

vt argument, contention → widerlegen; charges, allegations → entkräften

rebut [rɪˈbʌt] vt (frm) → confutare