Associations to the word «Rebut»

Wiktionary

REBUT, verb. To drive back or beat back; to repulse.
REBUT, verb. ​To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

Dictionary definition

REBUT, verb. Overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments".
REBUT, verb. Prove to be false or incorrect.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope