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1. : to drive or beat back : repel. 2. a. : to contradict or oppose by formal legal argument, plea, or countervailing proof. b. : to expose the falsity of : refute. intransitive verb. : to make or furnish an answer or counter proof.
Meaning of rebutting in English. rebutting. Add to word list. present participle of rebut formal. (Definition of rebutting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rebutting. rebutting. R is for the arguments that are not subject to rebutting. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
To rebut is to argue against something. If your parents say you're too young and irresponsible to drive, you can rebut their claim by ticking off examples of your responsibility. When you argue against something, you rebut that position or argument.
to argue that a statement or claim is not true: She has rebutted charges that she has been involved in any financial malpractice. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Denying & contradicting. abnegate. abnegation. breath. burst someone's bubble idiom. contradictorily. counter-argue. debunk. deniable. deny. disabuse. disagree. dispute.
verb (used with object) , re·but·ted, re·but·ting. to refute by evidence or argument. Synonyms: confute, disprove. to oppose by contrary proof.
Most are rebutting the president's statements. Figure 2 (a) shows that rebutting a rumor considerably reduced belief in it. Finally, the authors define the attacks between arguments, distinguishing between rebutting, undercutting and undermining attacks.
1. To refute, especially by offering opposing evidence or arguments, as in a legal case: rebut an allegation. 2. To repel or reject: She rebutted his advances. v.intr. To present opposing evidence or arguments.
This concept of the new phase, as I suddenly realized, was the key to rebutting Christian's implied criticisms. `He was entitled to do what he wanted with his free time," Klose said, automatically rebutting a criticism that hadn't been made.
1. to contradict, refute, or oppose, esp. in a formal manner by argument, proof, etc., as in a debate. 2. Obsolete. to force back; repel. verb intransitive. 3. to provide opposing arguments. SIMILAR WORDS: disĖprove.
Definition of rebut verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.