a reply or response to a question or remark, esp a quick witty one; retort (in pleading) the answer made by a defendant to the claimant's reply
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re•join•der /rɪˈdʒɔɪndɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- an answer in conversation;
a reply;
a response:He made a clever rejoinder to her question.
re•join•der
(ri join′dər),USA pronunciation n.
- an answer to a reply;
response. - Lawa defendant's answer to a plaintiff 's replication.
- Middle French rejoindre (noun, nominal use of infinitive); see rejoin2
- 1475–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reply, riposte. See answer.
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'rejoinder' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
answer
- comeback
- counterreply
- enjoinder
- er
- rebuttal
- reply
- response
- retort
- smart
- subjoinder
- surrejoinder
- taunt
- touché