rebut
verb
1 rebut
Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof.
synonym: refute.
Roget 462:
answer,
respond,
reply,
rebut,
retort,
rejoin;
give for answer,
return for answer;
acknowledge,
echo.
explain
etc.
(interpret)
522;
solve
etc.
(unriddle)
522;
discover
etc.
480.1;
fathom,
hunt out
etc.
(inquire)
461;
satisfy,
set at rest,
determine.
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Roget 468:
countervail,
oppose;
mitigate against;
rebut
etc.
(refute)
479;
subvert
etc.
(destroy)
162;
cheek,
weaken;
contravene;
contradict
etc.
(deny)
536;
tell the other side of the story,
tell another story,
turn the scale,
alter the case;
turn the tables;
cut both ways;
prove a negative.
audire alteram partem [Lat.].
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Dutch: omverhalen, omverwerpen, ontzenuwen, refuteren, weerleggen, wegpraten, wegredeneren
2 rebut
Prove to be false or incorrect.
synonyms: controvert, refute.
Roget 479:
confute,
refute,
disprove;
parry,
negative,
controvert,
rebut,
confound,
disconfirm,
redargue†,
expose,
show the fallacy of,
defeat;
demolish,
break
etc.
(destroy)
162;
overthrow,
overturn scatter to the winds,
explode,
invalidate;
silence;
put to silence,
reduce to silence;
clinch an argument,
clinch a question;
give one a setdown†,
stop the mouth,
shut up;
have,
have on the hip.
not leave a leg to stand on,
cut the ground from under one's feet.
be confuted
&c.;
fail;
expose one's weak point,
show one's weak point.
counter evidence
etc.
468.
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Roget 536:
deny;
contradict,
contravene;
controvert,
give denial to,
gainsay,
negative,
shake the head.
disown,
disaffirm,
disclaim,
disavow;
recant
etc.
607;
revoke
etc.
(abrogate)
756.
dispute;
impugn,
traverse,
rebut,
join issue upon;
bring in question,
call in question
etc.
(doubt)
485;
give the lie in his throat,
give one the lie in his throat.
deny flatly,
deny peremptorily,
deny emphatically,
deny absolutely,
deny wholly,
deny entirely;
give the lie to,
belie.
repudiate
etc.
610;
set aside,
ignore
etc.
460;
rebut
etc.
(confute)
479;
qualify
etc.
469;
refuse
etc.
764.
recuse [Law].
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Dutch: refuteren, weerleggen
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