The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (1969)
Rebuttal
//ɹiˈbʌt.əl//
Synonyms for "rebuttal" (79 found)
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Related words (39)
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16 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 13 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- абвяржэ́нне noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отричане noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- отхвърляне noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反駁 /反驳 noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Dutch
1 entries- weerlegging noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Finnish
1 entries- vastaväite noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
German
4 entries- Erwiderung noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- Gegenbeweis noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- Gegenschrift noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- Widerlegung noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Greek
1 entries- ανασκευή noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Indonesian
2 entries- bidasan noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- sanggahan noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Japanese
1 entries- 反論 noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Kazakh
3 entries- жоққа шығару noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- теріске шығару noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
- өтірікке шығару noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Russian
1 entries- опровержение noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Spanish
1 entries- zasca noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- спростува́ння noun (act of refuting something by making a contrary argument)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Mr. Jackson, your rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (2251982)
There was no need for rebuttal.
Source: tatoeba (9337534)
A rebuttal will be published in the next issue.
Source: tatoeba (10130689)
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