Rejoinder
[rɪ'dʒɒɪndə] or [rɪ'dʒɔɪndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.
(noun.) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); 'it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher'.
Edited by Johanna--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
(n.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
(v. i.) To make a rejoinder.
Typist: Rex
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Answer (to a reply), replication.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Retort, replication, reply, answer, rebutter, parry
ANT:Sally, banter, rallying, sarcasm, attack, hit
Edited by Craig
Examples
- Well, just keep on for a few hours more and it will come out all right, was the rejoinder. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The rejoinder to this was the first shrug. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That depends on the line of study taken, said Will, also getting a tone of rejoinder. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Here, Miss Abbey,' was official rejoinder. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, DINNER---- he mocked her; but she left him with the smiling rejoinder: Dinner on board, remember; we'll put it off till nine if you like. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Show me how you accomplish these results, was Tars Tarkas' only rejoinder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I neither want any thanks, nor merit any, was the careless rejoinder. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Madam, I should like some tea, was the sole rejoinder she got. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To yourself and your merits,' was Mr Dorrit's rejoinder. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her eyes darkened, and he expected an indignant rejoinder. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Typist: Rosanna