Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rebuttal

2 senses of rebuttal

Sense 1
rebuttal -- (the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument)
       => refutation, defense, defence -- (the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it")

Sense 2
rebutter, rebuttal -- ((law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder)
       => pleading -- ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)