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respondent

Respondent is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter T for which we found 4 definitions.

Definition
(a.) Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
(n.) One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
(n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings generally those which are not according to the course of the common law as in equity and admiralty causes in petitions for partition and the like; -- distinquished from appellant.
(n.) One who maintains a thesis in reply and whose province it is to refute objections or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.

Syllable Information

The word respondent is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for respondent is: re-spond-ent


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