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[ ri-spon-duhnt ] / rɪˈspɒn dənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR respondent ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who responds or makes reply. Law. a defendant, especially in appellate and divorce proceedings. adjectivegiving a response; answering; responsive. Law. being a respondent. Psychology. of or relating to behavior that occurs consistently in response to a particular stimulus. Obsolete. corresponding. Origin of respondent1520–30; <Latin respondent- (stem of respondēns), present participle of respondēre.See respond, -ent Words nearby respondentrespite care, resplendence, resplendent, respond, respondence, respondent, respondent conditioning, responder, Responsa, response, responser Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for respondentBut rarely does it cover the respondent in even short-term glory. Marco Rubio And The State of the Union Response Speech Curse|Michelle Cottle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The most obvious: no matter how charismatic a respondent may be, he or she is not the president. Marco Rubio And The State of the Union Response Speech Curse|Michelle Cottle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The more promising the respondent, the higher the expectations and the greater the potential for disappointment. Marco Rubio And The State of the Union Response Speech Curse|Michelle Cottle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The younger the respondent, the lower the support for whaling. I’ll Have the Whale, Please: Japan’s Unsustainable Whale Hunts|Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A respondent from New Mexico said he or she owns a “.22 pistol to shoot rattlesnakes only in my yard.” Readers Weigh In After Newtown Shooting: Why Own a Gun?|Matthew DeLuca|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST In that case, the respondent ought to answer Yes or No directly. Thus, if the respondent defines medicine the science of the really existent, he is incorrect either wholly or partially. The first respondent was Tapley Holland, who leaped the line at a bound, exclaiming, 'I am ready to die for my country!' A Flight in Spring|J. Harris Knowles The conclusion could not go beyond the premisses, because the questioner could not go beyond the admissions of the respondent. Logic, Inductive and Deductive|William Minto The Judge asked to see the scar on the witness' forehead and that on the forehead of the respondent. The Underground Railroad|William Still
British Dictionary definitions for respondent
nounlaw a person against whom a petition, esp in a divorce suit, or appeal is brought adjectivea less common word for responsive Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to respondentprisoner, defendant, suspect, offender, appellant, litigant |