rejoinder
noun
re·join·der
ri-ˈjȯin-dər 
1
: the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
2
: reply
specifically
: an answer to a reply
Examples of rejoinder in a Sentence
The article was a stinging rejoinder to her critics.
he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything
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With a few snooty glances and snide rejoinders, Todd and Margo Chester — the Griswalds’ ultra-hip Chicago neighbors — epitomize the sort of detachment that’s too chilly for the holidays, too cold for friendship.
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The ban can be seen as a rejoinder to the U.S. cracking down on China's chip-making industry, as well as an escalation in trade war saber-rattling between the two countries.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Johnson’s performance, meanwhile, was a sharp rejoinder to the media attention he’s received this week.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
At first glance, recent history would seem to furnish an obvious rejoinder to such caution: the United States waged, and won, a nearly half-century-long global struggle against the Soviet Union.
—Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
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Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
The ban can be seen as a rejoinder to the U.S. cracking down on China's chip-making industry, as well as an escalation in trade war saber-rattling between the two countries.
—Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Johnson’s performance, meanwhile, was a sharp rejoinder to the media attention he’s received this week.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
At first glance, recent history would seem to furnish an obvious rejoinder to such caution: the United States waged, and won, a nearly half-century-long global struggle against the Soviet Union.
—Ali Wyne, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for rejoinder
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“Rejoinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rejoinder. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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rejoinder
noun
re·join·der
ri-ˈjȯin-dər
: reply entry 2
especially
: an answer to a reply
Legal Definition
rejoinder
noun
re·join·der
ri-ˈjȯin-dər
: an answer to a reply
specifically
: the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication under common-law pleading
Etymology
Anglo-French, from rejoindre, rejoinder to make rejoinder, literally, to join again, meet, from Old French, from re- again + joindre to join
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