respondent
respondent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- answer
- antiphon
- antiphony
- because
- cause
- clue
- conclusive
- counter
- determine
- discover
- discovery
- echo
- eureka
- explain
- explanation
- fathom
- for
- give
- hunt
- indication
- inquire
- interpret
- oracle
- out
- password
- rationale
- rebut
- rebutter
- record
- rejoin
- rejoinder
- repartee
- replication
- reply
- rescript
- rescription
- respond
- response
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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