SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown wasted no time Tuesday in signing a contentious California bill to impose one of the strictest school vaccination laws in the country following an outbreak of measles at Disneyland late last year.
rebuttal - the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument. refutation, defence, defense - the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive; in defense he said the other man started it.
rebut / refute. To rebut is to try to prove something isnât true, but to refute is to actually prove it isnât. Getting them mixed up wonât get you kicked out of the debate club, but itâs worth knowing the difference.