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re⋅spond⋅ent

  [ri-spon-duhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who responds or makes reply.
2. Law. a defendant, esp. in appellate and divorce proceedings.
–adjective
3. giving a response; answering; responsive.
4. Law. being a respondent.
5. Psychology. of or pertaining to behavior that occurs consistently in response to a particular stimulus.
6. Obsolete. corresponding.
Origin:
1520–30; < L respondent- (s. of respondēns), prp. of respondēre. See respond, -ent
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re·spon·dent   (rĭ-spŏn'dənt)   
adj.  
  1. Giving or given as an answer; responsive.
  2. Law Being a defendant.
n.  
  1. One who responds.
  2. Law A defendant, especially in a divorce or equity case.
re·spon'dence, re·spon'den·cy n.
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