Research
A response to a counterargument — challenging its premise, its reasoning, or scoping your claim so the objection no longer applies.
Merriam-Webster: “the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit; also: argument or proof that rebuts”. First recorded 1792. The legal origin explains the standard a rebuttal is held to — it is not disagreement but argument or proof directed at a specific claim, which is the difference between rebutting a point and merely restating your own.
Merriam-Webster is cited as the dictionary of record: where an entry defines a word rather than a position, a dictionary is the primary source for it. The research usage above is this lexicon’s own.
From the AJG lexicon archive (July 2026).
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