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单词 rebuttal
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rebuttaln.

Brit. /rᵻˈbʌtl/, U.S. /rəˈbədl/, /riˈbədl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rebut v., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < rebut v. + -al suffix1.With sense 1 compare earlier rebutter n. 1a.
1. Law. A reply to, or refutation of previous evidence or testimony; spec. = rebutter n. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > subsequent replies on either side
replication1425
rejoinder1447
rebutter1540
surrejoinder1542
triplication1583
quadruplication1593
duply1609
duplication1622
quadruply1624
quintuplyc1638
re-rejoinder1702
rebuttal1792
quintuplication1860
1792 W. Brown Rep. High Court Chancery 3 63 All the argument therefore must turn on the validity of the rebuttal.
1852 Harper's Mag. June 80/1 A..story of the prisoner's appeared all that could be relied upon in rebuttal of the evidence for the crown.
1881 Times 20 June 6/1 To hear the defendant's evidence first,..reserving his right..to call evidence in rebuttal thereof.
1909 E. Banks Myst. Frances Farrington 311 There were witnesses to come in rebuttal, but he..could call witnesses in surrebuttal.
1950 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 41 457 The prosecution in its rebuttal did not follow up the cross-examination with proof relative to the matters inquired about on cross-examination.
2001 T. N. McInnis Christian Burial Case x. 203 When the justices had no further questions, Appel requested that he be allowed to reserve the remainder of his time for rebuttal.
2. More generally: a refutation, a counter-argument or contradiction. Also as a mass noun.
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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
1831 S. Warren in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 105/2 There is generally preserved an amazing consistency in the delusion, in spite of the incipient rebuttals of sensation.
1856 E. Walford Hand-bk. Greek Drama viii. 91 A very sufficient rebuttal both of his [sc. Euripides] having hated women too much, and of his having been excessive in his love for them.
1915 E. Ferber Emma McChesney & Co. v. 154 She had listened patiently enough, never once attempting to interrupt. But on her lips was the maddening half-smile of one whose rebuttal is ready.
1965 Listener 27 May 804/1 A barrage of justificatory protest and Chestertonian rebuttal.
1984 Signs 10 45 In a letter of rebuttal, Woolf claimed that ‘external restraints’ have inhibited the growth of women's literary history after Sappho.
2003 D. Boonin Def. of Abortion iii. 130 The usual rebuttals to the viability criterion, although superficially appealing, are ultimately unsatisfactory.

Compounds

General attributive (chiefly Law), as rebuttal affidavit, rebuttal evidence, rebuttal witness, etc.
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1857 Jrnl. Eighth Session of Senate State Calif. 400 The only rebuttal evidence against that of Dr. Cowan and others, is a receipt purporting to be signed by Creaner.
1870 N.Y. Herald 28 Apr. 3/3 The prosecution then entered on the rebuttal part of the case.
1925 North Western Reporter 202 898/2 Rebuttal evidence properly is that which explains away, contradicts, or otherwise refutes the defendant's evidence ‘by any process which consists merely in diminishing or negativing the force of’ it.
1971 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 23 Nov. 18/3 Petitioner's rebuttal affidavit..was received by the court after the court's decision had been published.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 17 June 3- h/8 Smith's attorney..presented John L. Agro..as a rebuttal witness.
1998 Times 25 June 24/7 The kind of rapid rebuttal technique now practised by Downing Street spin doctors.
2001 T. N. McInnis Christian Burial Case iii. 56 When rebuttal testimony is completed and both sides have rested, that ends the portion of the trial in which evidence is introduced.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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