rejoinder
an answer to a reply; response.
Law. a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's replication.
Origin of rejoinder
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Other words for rejoinder
Other words from rejoinder
- non·re·join·der, noun
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How to use rejoinder in a sentence
But it is also a rejoinder to the view, which I expressed, that ethical norms are paramount.
The Real Enemy of Marital Bliss Are Those Most Opposed to Marriage Equality | Jay Michaelson | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf I could sum it up in a few choice words, I would, but instead I hem and haw, before stumbling through some rambling rejoinder.
Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard | Ted Gioia | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo which, so far as I can tell, the supporters of Chavez rejoinder thusly: the poor loved him.
To every summons to duty, Heller has a clever and disturbing rejoinder.
But that announcement was quickly followed by a sharp rejoinder from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"The authority of Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye," was the unanswerable rejoinder.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniWithout waiting for Mata's rejoinder, Um-ko, who had heard the words of the priest, now came swiftly to the veranda.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaAfter a few words from Mr. Harvey in rejoinder, his amendment was put and negatived without a division.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan"The 'ragamuffin' always speaks of his enemies with courtesy, and the filibusters love their leader," was her pointed rejoinder.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete | Gilbert Parker"He would be an exceedingly unreasonable man who could find fault with such a wife as mine," was his smiling rejoinder.
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British Dictionary definitions for rejoinder
/ (rɪˈdʒɔɪndə) /
a reply or response to a question or remark, esp a quick witty one; retort
law (in pleading) the answer made by a defendant to the claimant's reply
Origin of rejoinder
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