counterstatement
Response disputing claims
A counterstatement is a statement made in response to or in opposition to another statement.
It presents an alternative view, refutes a claim, or offers a rebuttal: The defendant's counterstatement challenged every point in the prosecution's opening remarks.
The word appears most often in legal and formal argumentative contexts.
Reply to a reply
- retortQuick, cutting reply
- replyVerbal or written answer
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- answerSolution to query
comeback · riposte · countercharge · repartee · defense · rebut · disputation · confutation
Evidence showing falsehood
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- negationDenial or cancellation
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
debunking · falsification · discrediting · disconfirmation · undermining · nullification · quashing · rejection
Expression of disapproval
- challengeTest of ability
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- dissentDisagreement with authority
protest · contestation · defiance · critique · criticism · exception · demur · remonstrance
rejoinder
Reply to a reply
answer · comeback · riposte · countercharge · repartee · defense · rebut · disputation · confutation · demurral
disproof
Evidence showing falsehood
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- negationDenial or cancellation
- invalidationAct of nullifying
repudiation · debunking · falsification · discrediting · disconfirmation · undermining · nullification · quashing · rejection · impugning
objection
Expression of disapproval
- challengeTest of ability
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
dissent · protest · contestation · defiance · critique · criticism · exception · demur · remonstrance · contravention
counterstatementstatement
Expressed claim or fact
complaint · opening argument · opening statement · assertion · allegation
counterstatementaffirmation
Positive statement of truth
corroboration · confirmation · endorsement · agreement · assent
state, counter, statement, overstatement, understatement, restatement, counterclaim, countervail, counterargument