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PREBUTTAL Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word prebuttal. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PREBUTTAL

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challenge
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a demanding or stimulating situation

• a call to engage in a contest or fight

• questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

• a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

• a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

verb

• take exception to

• issue a challenge to

• ask for identification

• raise a formal objection in a court of law

counterargument
nounn
noun

• an argument offered in opposition to another argument

denial
nounn
noun

• the act of refusing to comply (as with a request)

• the act of asserting that something alleged is not true

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

disagreement
nounn
noun

• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

• the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

objection
nounn
noun

• the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

• the speech act of objecting

• the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent

• (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

opposition
nounn
noun

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

• the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected

• the relation between opposed entities

• the act of hostile groups opposing each other

• a contestant that you are matched against

• a body of people united in opposing something

• a direction opposite to another

• an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

rebuttal
nounn
noun

• the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

• (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

refutation
nounn
noun

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something

• the act of determining that something is false

response
nounn
noun

• a result

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• the manner in which something is greeted

• a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

• the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

Alternatives for CHALLENGE

Alternatives for COUNTERARGUMENT

Alternatives for DENIAL

Alternatives for DISAGREEMENT

Alternatives for OBJECTION

Alternatives for OPPOSITION

Alternatives for REBUTTAL

Alternatives for REFUTATION

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