to rebut a charge

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• rebut the charge — index countercharge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• rebut — [[t]rɪbʌ̱t[/t]] rebuts, rebutting, rebutted VERB If you rebut a charge or criticism that is made against you, you give reasons why it is untrue or unacceptable. [FORMAL] [V n] He spent most of his speech rebutting criticisms of his foreign policy …   English dictionary

• rebut — re·but /ri bət/ vt re·but·ted, re·but·ting [Anglo French reboter rebuter to answer a charge, bar from an action, literally, to repulse, rebuff, from Old French reboter, from re back + boter to push, butt]: to refute, counteract, or disprove (as… …   Law dictionary

• rebut — re‧but [rɪˈbʌt] verb rebutted PTandPPX rebutting PRESPARTX [transitive] formal to prove that a statement or a charge made against you is false: • This clause could be used to rebut the suggestion made by the landlord s insurers. rebuttal …   Financial and business terms

• charge — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 price asked for sth ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy, high ▪ nominal, reasonable, small ▪ minimum ▪ fixed …   Collocations dictionary

• rebut — verb Rebut is used with these nouns as the object: ↑argument, ↑charge …   Collocations dictionary

• rebut — re|but [rıˈbʌt] v past tense and past participle rebutted present participle rebutting [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: reboter, from boter; BUTT2] formal to prove that a statement or a charge made against you is false = ↑refute… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rebut — verb rebutted, rebutting (T) formal to prove that a statement or a charge made against you is false; refute rebuttal noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rebut — v.tr. (rebutted, rebutting) 1 refute or disprove (evidence or a charge). 2 force or turn back; check. Derivatives: rebutment n. rebuttable adj. rebuttal n. Etymology: ME f. AF rebuter, OF rebo(u)ter (as RE , BUTT(1)) …   Useful english dictionary

• Paul Henri Rebut — est un physicien français. Biographie Paul Henri Rebut a commencé ses recherches sur la fusion avec le Commissariat à l énergie atomique (CEA) en 1958 après avoir étudié la physique à l École polytechnique, Paris et l Ecole des Poudres. De 1970 à …   Wikipédia en Français

• refute, confute, rebut —     McGuinness vehemently refuted all such allegations (Chicago Tribune). Refute means to show conclusively that an allegation is wrong. It does not mean simply to dispute or deny a contention, as was evidently intended in the example. Confute… …   Dictionary of troublesome word