noun
Meaning 1
The defendant's answer to the replication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rejoinder
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/
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rhymes with -ɔɪndə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A response that answers another response.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: comeback, retort
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: intellectual-property, law, patent-law
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verb
Meaning 5
To issue a rejoinder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To say as a rejoinder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 7
(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pleading
noun
Meaning 8
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reply, response
Narrower terms: sass, sassing, backtalk, back talk, lip, mouth
History
Etymology
From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отговор на ответник (otgovor na otvetnik) — defendant's answer
- French: réponse — defendant's answer
- Galician: contestación — defendant's answer
- Galician: réplica — defendant's answer
- German: Gegenerwiderung — defendant's answer
- German: Duplik — defendant's answer
- Occitan: replica — defendant's answer
- Occitan: respòsta — defendant's answer
- Occitan: responsa — defendant's answer
- Serbo-Croatian: replika — defendant's answer
- Swedish: svaromål — defendant's answer
- Bulgarian: отговор (otgovor) — reply
- Bulgarian: възражение (vǎzraženie) — reply
- Dutch: repliek — reply
- Finnish: vastaus — reply
- French: réplique — reply
- Galician: réplica — reply
- German: schlagfertige Erwiderung — reply
- German: schlagfertige Entgegnung — reply
- German: schlagfertige Bemerkung — reply
- Occitan: respòsta — reply
- Occitan: replica — reply
- Serbo-Croatian: replika — reply
- Serbo-Croatian: odgovor — reply
- Swedish: replik — reply
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