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respondent

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re·spon·dent  (r-spndnt)
adj.
1. Giving or given as an answer; responsive.
2. Law Being a defendant.
n.
1. One who responds.
2. Law A defendant, especially in a divorce or equity case.

re·spondence, re·sponden·cy n.

respondent [rɪˈspɒndənt]
n
(Law) Law a person against whom a petition, esp in a divorce suit, or appeal is brought
adj
a less common word for responsive
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.respondent - the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent
co-defendant, codefendant - a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action
2.respondentrespondent - someone who responds                
communicator - a person who communicates with others
assenter - a person who assents
equivocator, hedger, tergiversator - a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer
interviewee - a person who is interviewed
examinee, testee - someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination)
Adj.1.respondent - replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile"
responsive - readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion; "children are often the quickest and most responsive members of the audience"
Translations
respondent [rɪsˈpɒndənt] N (Jur) → demandado/a m/f; (to questionnaire) → persona f que responde al cuestionario or que rellena el cuestionario
respondent [rɪˈspɒndənt] ndéfendeur/deresse m/f
respondent
n (Jur) → Scheidungsbeklagte(r) mf
respondent [rɪˈspɒndənt] n (Law) → convenuto/a
respondent [rɪˈspɒndənt] n (Law) → convenuto/a


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It is Adeimantus who is the respondent in the more argumentative, as Glaucon in the lighter and more imaginative portions of the Dialogue.
said the respondent, taking out a strip of tobacco and a large hunting-knife from his pocket.
Still, with an unshaken confidence that the English tongue was somehow the mother tongue of the whole world, only the people were too stupid to know it, Mr Meagles harangued innkeepers in the most voluble manner, entered into loud explanations of the most complicated sort, and utterly renounced replies in the native language of the respondents, on the ground that they were 'all bosh.
 
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