单词 | rebutment |
释义 | rebutmentn. 1. The fact of being driven back or rebutted (rebut v. 2c); the action or an act of rebutting. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > forcing or driving back > fact of being driven back rebutment1593 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 20 The Mount Tabor..shall haue all the starre-gazing Townes..iustled head-long downe from the heigth of his fore-head, and breaking theyr backes with theyr stumbling rebutment, tumble in the ayre. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Rebutments, iustlings. 1947 A. Stokes in D. Carrier Eng. & its Aesthetes (1997) 95 I note the rebutment of the sea by the rocks. 2. = rebuttal n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] gainsayingc1330 assoilinga1382 improvingc1443 unprovingc1449 lancing1470 redarguation?c1500 confutationa1530 redargution1529 reproof1529 confusion1530 disproof1531 reprehension1531 reproving1535 refutation?1536 improbation1556 refuting1563 disproving1587 conviction1593 infringement1593 refutal1599 gainsay1602 eviction1606 convincement1612 disproval1614 confutinga1617 improof1641 confutement1645 confute1646 refute1646 disprovement1662 reviction1677 invalidatinga1716 invalidation1771 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 disconfirmation1937 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > denial or contradiction thwert-ut nay1277 defence?c1400 traverse1405 disclaimc1436 disclaimerc1436 denial1728 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 1823 Edinb. Advertiser 28 Mar. 198/3 Mr. Wilmot, in a successful rebutment of the charges, referred to the conduct of Sir Thomas in Ceylon. 1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) II. viii. 255 In fact, will I can only be used in the rebutment of a question. 1871 Daily News 11 Mar. In rebutment of the presumption of law. 1916 Times 22 May 9/3 The accused is generally allowed to hand in a statement of considerable length which is no rebutment to the charge of ‘refusing to obey an order’. 1947 Mind 56 132 They have thus been led to offer facile, but ill-directed, rebutments of the refutation. 1992 D. C. Parker Codex Bezae xv. 264 There is no point in offering formal rebutment of a theory which is presented with such slight support. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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