MUST WATCH. 1  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump signed his first bill into law Friday, moments after being sworn in, clearing the way for his defense secretary to be confirmed.
Rebut is defined as to contradict or oppose. An example of rebut is to debate against a pro choice argument in a formal debate. -Â·butâ²ted, -Â·butâ²ting. to contradict, refute, or oppose, esp. in a formal manner by argument, proof, etc., as in a debate.
Debate, without rebuttals, would merely be a series of speeches with no relation to each other. Like ships passing in the night, there will be no clash, no conflict and ultimately, no debate. Rebuttal, like argumentation, is one of the foundations of debate. What is rebuttal then? It is a speaker saying that an opponent's argument is not valid and showing why it is not valid. If argument is about building logic links in a case, then rebuttal is about the breaking of these links.