respondentnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈspɒn.dənt/us/rɪˈspɑːn.dənt/specializedsocial science a person who answers a request for information:
In a recent opinion poll, a majority of respondents were against nuclear weapons.
law in a court case, the person who a petition (= a formal letter to the court asking for a particular action) is made against, especially in a divorce case:
She divorced the respondent on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour.
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Answering & responding
- acknowledgment
- affirmative
- and the same to you with (brass) knobs on idiom
- answer back
- back
- counter
- counterattack
- counterblast
- fifth
- get
- get back to sb
- give
- I take/plead the Fifth (Amendment) idiom
- rejoin
- rejoinder
- reply
- respond
- response
- thank you
- unanswered
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