[syn: answering, respondent]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of
respondere.]
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according;
corresponding.
[1913 Webster]
Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.
--Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\, n. [Cf. F. r['e]pondant.]
One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
Specifically:
(a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings,
generally those which are not according to the course of
the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in
petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished
from appellant.
(b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province
it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; --
distinguished from opponent. --I. Watts.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
respondent
adj 1: replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile"
[syn: answering, respondent]
n 1: the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is
accused of adultery with the corespondent
2: someone who responds [syn: respondent, responder,
answerer]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "respondent":
accused, answerer, answering, antiphonal, confutative,
correspondent, defendant, echoic, echoing, libelee, prisoner,
reacting, reactionary, reactive, reechoing, reflex, reflexive,
refluent, refutative, rejoining, replier, replying, responder,
responding, responser, responsive, retroactionary, retroactive,
returning, revulsive, suspect
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
RESPONDENT, practice. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other
proceeding in chancery. In the civil law, this term signifies one who
answers or is security for another; a fidejussor. Dig. 2, 8, 6.