A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument.

synoniemen: confuter, disprover, refuter.

Roget 462: answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder^†, rebutter, surrebutter^†, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription^†; antiphon^†, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement.    discovery etc. 480.1; solution etc. (explanation) 522; rationale etc. (cause) 153; clue etc. (indication) 550.    Oedipus; oracle etc. 513; return etc. (record) 551.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 969: lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute etc. 713.    citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation etc. 938; presentment, true bill, indictment.    apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment etc. (restraint) 751.    writ, summons, subpoena, latitat^†, nisi prius [Lat.]; venire, venire facias pleadings [Lat.]; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal [Fr.]; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter^†, surrejoinder^†.    suitor, party to a suit; plaintiff, defendant, litigant etc. 938.    hearing, trial; verdict etc. (judgment) 480; appeal, appeal motion; writ of error; certiorari [Lat.].    case; decision, precedent; decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books).. ... meer laten zien

law A pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

synoniem: rebuttal.