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English Dictionary: respondent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
respondent adj replying; "an answering glance"; "an answering smile" Synonym(s): answering, respondent n the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent someone who responds Synonym(s): respondent, responder, answerer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respondent \Respond"ent\ (-ent), a. [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.] Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent* to payment and contributions. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respondent \Re*spond"ent\, n. [Cf. F. r[82]pondant.] 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.