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rebuttal
nouns
the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
rebuttal
is derived from
rebut
is a type of (narrower)
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
"his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it"
defence,
defense,
refutation
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
rebuttal,
rebutter
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