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rejoinder
noun
(re-join-der)
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Synonyms:
comeback
,
counter
,
replication
,
retort
,
return
,
riposte
,
Examples:
It brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher.
rejoinder
noun
(re-join-der)
(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
Words Related to
rejoinder
!
retort
,
riposte
,
comeback
,
return
,
rebuttal
,
reply
,
response
,
disclaimer
,
defence
,
aftershock
,
replication
,
duplicate
,
doubling
,
replica
,
refutation
,
denunciation
,
plaint
,
remark
,
missive
,
critique
,
counterargument
,
diatribe
,
quip
,
peroration
,
witticism
,
objection
,
bon mot
,
assertion
,
apology
,
invective
,
argumentation
,
ad hominem
,
panegyric
,
apologia
,
encomium
,
jeremiad
,
retraction
,
putdown
,
pronouncement
,
misquotation
,
counterblast
,
denouncement
,
demarche
,
rebuke
,
avowal
,
postulation
,
castigation
,
balderdash
,
demurral
,
tu quoque
,
utterances
,
disquisition
,
intimation
,
exhortation
,
presumptuousness
,
locution
,
entreaty
,
interjection
,
arguer
,
criticisms
,
counterpoint
,
epistle
,
mea culpa
,
imprecation
,
salutation
,
fulminations
,
hyperboles
,
summation
,
admonition
,
postscript
,
explanation
,
doggerel
,
insinuations
,
protestation
,
sophistry
,
philippic
,
redargution
,
harangue
,
quote
,
letter
,
preface
,
tactlessness
,
reproach
,
prefatory
,
facetiousness
,
vituperation
,
disavowal
,
imputations
,
moralist
,
paraphrase
,
dissembler
,
sarcasms
,
digression
,
ex tempore
,
barb
,
sophism
,
obiter dictum
,
calumny
,
expostulation
,
effusions
,
rejoinder
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