Dictionary Entry
rebut
rebut is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive or beat back; to repulse. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
- 2transitive verb
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
- 3intransitive verb
To retire; to recoil.
- 4intransitive verb
To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
- 5verb
prove to be false or incorrect
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- 6verb
overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
"The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments"
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