rejoinder

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: re=join=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

rejoinder, n. [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.].

•  An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.  [1913 Webster]
•  The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Reply; answer; replication. See Reply.

rejoinder, v. i. 

 To make a rejoinder.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

rejoinder, n.
1 what is said in reply.
2 a retort.
3 Law a reply by rejoining.

Etymology

AF rejoinder (unrecorded: as REJOIN(2))

THESAURUS

rejoinder

acknowledgment, answer, answering, antiphon, back answer, back talk, backchat, comeback, confutation, contraremonstrance, counteraccusation, counterblast, countercharge, counterclaim, counterreply, counterstatement, defense, echo, evasive reply, reaction, ready reply, rebuttal, rebutter, receipt, refutation, repartee, replication, reply, repost, rescript, rescription, respond, respondence, response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, reverberation, riposte, short answer, snappy comeback, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder, witty reply, witty retort, yes-and-no answer

ROGET THESAURUS

rejoinder

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.

Answer

N answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, retort, repartee, rescript, rescription, antiphon, antiphony, acknowledgment, password, echo, counter statement, discovery, solution, rationale, clue, Oedipus, oracle, return, answering, responsive, respondent, conclusive, because, on the scent, on the right scent, Int, eureka!.