MEANING
To answer a claim, inference, or argument by offering reasons or evidence against it.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- rebut an allegation
- rebut a presumption
On the page
Her notes rebutted the allegation without defending every part of his conduct.
The witness could rebut the timing of the claim, but not its central premise.
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Word forms
- Base
- rebut
- Past tense
- rebutted
- Past participle
- rebutted
- Present participle
- rebutting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- rebut
- Present continuous
- am/is/are rebutting
- Present perfect
- have/has rebutted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been rebutting
- Past
- rebutted
- Past continuous
- was/were rebutting
- Past perfect
- had rebutted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been rebutting
- Future
- will rebut
- Future continuous
- will be rebutting
- Future perfect
- will have rebutted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been rebutting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: rebut; rebuts; rebutted; rebutted; rebutting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: rebuts.
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