Noun
The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
Source: Webster's dictionaryViolence is what people do when they run out of good ideas. It's attractive because it's simple, it's direct, it's almost always available as an option. When you can't think of a good rebuttal for your opponent's argument, you can always punch them in the face. Daniel Abraham
After Derrida's final rebuttal in 1989 the two philosophers did not continue, but, as Derrida described it, groups in the academy "conducted a kind of 'war', in which we ourselves never took part, either personally or directly". Source: Internet
A long preliminary discourse d'Alembert wrote for the 1762 edition of his Elémens attempted to summarize the dispute and act as a final rebuttal. Source: Internet
A person cited for indirect contempt is entitled to notice of the charge and an opportunity for hearing of the evidence of contempt and, since there is no written procedure, may or may not be allowed to present evidence in rebuttal. Source: Internet
Cairns – Berlioz vol. 2, p. 98 At one point, Robert Schumann was motivated to publish a detailed rebuttal of one of Fétis' attacks on Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique in his own Neue Zeitschrift für Musik journal. Source: Internet
By 1796 every student at Harvard was given a copy of Bishop Watson's rebuttal of The Age of Reason. Source: Internet