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Noun: rejoinder  ri'joyn-du(r)
  1. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
    "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
    - retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter
     
  2. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

Derived forms: rejoinders

Type of: pleading, reply, response

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rejective
rejig
rejigger
rejoice
rejoicer
rejoicing
Rejoicing in the Law
Rejoicing of the Law
Rejoicing over the Law
rejoin
rejoinder
rejudge
rejuvenate
rejuvenation
rejuvenescence
rejuvenescent
rekey
rekindle
relabel
relace
Relafen