Meaning

4 senses
  1. The defendant's answer to the replication.

    Gegenerwiderung, Duplik

    (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

  2. A response that answers another response.

  3. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.

    schlagfertige Erwiderung, schlagfertige Entgegnung, schlagfertige Bemerkung

    a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

  4. (US)Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. You're very quick with rejoinders again today.

    deDu bist heute wieder sehr schlagfertig. — al_ex_an_der

  2. "You're another" is a hallowed rejoinder to playground taunts.

  3. Tom is an intellectual who is quick with rejoinders.

    deTom ist ein schlagfertiger Intellektueller. — list

  4. This victory offered him a rejoinder to critics who claim he cannot win.

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  5. He's quick with rejoinders.

    deEr ist schlagfertig. — enteka

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 2
defendant's answer:
reply:

Origin

From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with inf

From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin.

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Forms

plural: rejoinders
Singularrejoinder
Pluralrejoinders

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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