Rebut
Rebut (re*but") , transitive verb
[Old French rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.]
1.
To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight,
Perforce rebutted back.
2.
(Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. — Abbott
Rebut , intransitive verb
1.
To retire; to recoil. [Obsolete] — Spenser
2.
(Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant may rebut.