Sekirov Dictionary

rejoinder

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

The defendant's answer to the replication.
•
A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- "I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet." I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly. — 1919
•
A response that answers another response.
- "76. ... P-R8(N) mate! Certainly not 76... P-R8(Q), though threatening mate on the move in seven different ways--as 77 Q-N5 mate would have been the painful rejoinder." — 1953
(US) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.

verb2

To issue a rejoinder.
To say as a rejoinder.

forms

rejoindered · rejoindering · rejoinders

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