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re·join·der

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–noun

1.	an answer to a reply; response.

2.	Law. a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's replication.

[Origin: 1475–85; < MF rejoindre (n. use of inf.); see rejoin²

]

—Synonyms 1. reply, riposte. See answer.

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re·join·der Audio Help (rĭ-join'dər) Pronunciation Key
n. An answer, especially to a reply.

[Middle English, from Old French rejoindre, to answer, rejoin; see rejoin¹.]

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rejoinder
noun
1.	a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
2.	(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

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rejoinder [rəˈdʒoində] noun

an answer

Arabic:	ردُّ المُدَّعى عَليهِ على أقْوال المُدَّعي
Chinese (Simplified):	回答，反驳
Chinese (Traditional):	回答，反駁
Czech:	odpověď
Danish:	svar
Dutch:	repliek
Estonian:	nähvav vastus
Finnish:	vastaus
French:	repartie
German:	die Erwiederung
Greek:	απάντηση
Hungarian:	(viszon)válasz
Icelandic:	svar
Indonesian:	jawaban
Italian:	replica

Japanese:	応答
Korean:	대답, 답변
Latvian:	atbilde
Lithuanian:	atsakas, atkirtis
Norwegian:	svar, motmæle
Polish:	replika
Portuguese (Brazil):	réplica
Portuguese (Portugal):	réplica
Romanian:	replică
Russian:	ответ
Slovak:	odpoveď, replika
Slovenian:	odgovor
Spanish:	réplica
Swedish:	genmäle, svar
Turkish:	cevap

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Main Entry: re·join·der
Pronunciation: ri-'join-d&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, from rejoindre rejoinder to make rejoinder, literally, to join again, meet, from Old French, from re- again + joindre to join
: an answer to a reply; specifically : the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication under common-law pleading

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Rejoinder

Re*join"\ (r?-join"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejoined (-joind"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rejoining.] [F. rejoindre; pref. re- re- + joindre to join. See Join, and cf. Rejoinder.]

1. To join again; to unite after separation.

2. To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. --Pope.

3. To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.

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Rejoinder

Re*join"der\ (-d?r), n. [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.]

1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

2. (Law) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

Syn: Reply; answer; replication. See Reply.

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Rejoinder

Re*join"der\, v. i. To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]

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Rejoinder

Re*ply"\, n.; pl. Replies (-pl?z"). [See Reply, v. i., and cf. Replica.] That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.

Syn: Answer; rejoinder; response.

Usage: Reply, Rejoinder, Answer. A reply is a distinct response to a formal question or attack in speech or writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument, as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in view;" "It answers the purpose."

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