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rejoinder

About 0.71 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The defendant's answer to the replication.
  2. noun A response that answers another response.
  3. noun A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
  4. noun Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
  5. verb To issue a rejoinder.
  6. verb To say as a rejoinder.

Similar words

return comeback retort riposte reply response rebuttal defence disclaimer duplicate

Often followed by

to was that is of from by in and

Word family

rejoinders

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