Response vs. Rebuttal
Responsenoun
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
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The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
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An oracular answer.
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(liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
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(liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
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A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
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An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
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A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
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The act of responding.
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An answer or reply.
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a result;
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a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent;
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a statement (either spoken or written) that is made in reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;
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the manner in which something is greeted;
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a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
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the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange;
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a verbal or written answer
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an answer to a question in a test, questionnaire, etc.
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a part of a religious liturgy said or sung by a congregation in answer to a minister or cantor.
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a reaction to something
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an excitation of a nerve impulse caused by a change or event; a physical reaction to a specific stimulus or situation
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the way in which a mechanical or electrical device responds to a stimulus or stimuli
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a bid made in answer to one's partner's preceding bid.
Rebuttalnoun
The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.
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A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.
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(legal) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.
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The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.
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the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
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(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
Rebuttal
In law, rebuttal is a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party. By analogy the same term is used in politics and public affairs to refer to the informal process by which statements, designed to refute or negate specific arguments (see Counterclaim) put forward by opponents, are deployed in the media.In law, special rules apply to rebuttal; rebuttal evidence or rebuttal witnesses must be confined solely to the subject matter of the evidence rebutted.
