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/rɪdʒˈɔɪndər/ /ridʒˈɔɪndər/ Listen

Rejoinder

noun

A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). Synonyms: comeback, counter, replication, retort, return, riposte.

(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.

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"Rejoinder" Quotes from Famous Books

... no rizzon to tak' shame o' your legs, gude wife," was the gallant rejoinder; to which their owner replied, with ...

— Alec Forbes of Howglen • George MacDonald

... was the cool rejoinder. "You have committed an offence against my medicine in that you did not at once accept my terms. Behold, I now demand more. I want one ...

— Lost Face • Jack London

... philosopher. "My dear fellow, you are coming to pieces," Pemberton would say to him in sceptical remonstrance; to which the child would reply, looking at him serenely up and down: "My dear fellow, so are you! I don't want to cast you in the shade." Pemberton could have no rejoinder for this—the assertion so closely represented the fact. If however the deficiencies of his own wardrobe were a chapter by themselves he didn't like his little charge to look too poor. Later he used to say "Well, if ...

— The Pupil • Henry James

... She accepted his rejoinder with a brief nod. Courtlaw opened his lips, but remained silent in the face of her imperative gesture. "Let me hasten," she said, "to reassure you. My sister was scarcely likely to make a mistake. She ...

— Anna the Adventuress • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... remonstrances to his father, and begged to be allowed to go out-of-doors, and Caleb would quiet him with one effectual rejoinder: "You know she won't like it if you do, sonny. You know ...

— Pembroke - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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