rebutment
(rɪˈbʌtmənt)
[a. obs. F. rebuttement (also reboutte-, reboute-): see rebut v. and -ment.]
The act of rebutting; the fact of being rebutted. Now only as = rebuttal.
| 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 40 Iustled head-long downe..and breaking their backes with their stumbling rebutment. 1623 Cockeram, Rebutments, iustlings. 1824–6 Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 I. 204 In fact, ‘will I’ can only be used in the rebutment of a question. 1871 Daily News 11 Mar., In rebutment of the presumption of law. |