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What (who) is rejoinder - definition
rejoinder
¦ noun
1. a sharp or witty reply.
2. Law, dated a defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. rejoindre (see rejoin2).
Rejoinder
·vi To make a rejoinder.
II. Rejoinder ·noun The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
III. Rejoinder ·noun An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
rejoinder
(rejoinders)
A rejoinder is a reply, especially a quick, witty, or critical one, to a question or remark. (FORMAL)
= retort
N-COUNT
Examples of use of rejoinder
1. He recovered sufficiently to offer a spirited rejoinder.
2. My only rejoinder and defence is a pragmatic one.
3. Sanjay was supposed to file his rejoinder to Karishma‘s affidavit today.
4. Conservatism‘s rejoinder is that the entitlement culture subverts social peace by the proliferation of rival dependencies.
5. Hence, his rejoinder that the Prophet was now dearer to him than his own soul.