Rejoinder

Definitions

1. The defendant's answer to the replication.
2. A response that answers another response.
3. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
4. Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
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Equivalents

Examples

“"76. ... P-R8(N) mate! Certainly not 76... P-R8(Q), though threatening mate on the move⟳ in seven different ways--as 77 Q-N5 mate would have⟳ been the painful rejoinder."”

“I have⟳ passed perhaps more time than any other man of my age and country in visits and assemblies, where the polite persons of both sexes distinguish themselves; and could not without much grief observe⟳ how frequently both gentlemen and ladies are at a loss for questions, answers, replies, and rejoinders.”

“"I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last⟳ time we shall ever meet⟳." I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly.”

“The simplest rejoinder to all of Daenerys’ justifications is that this bloodshed could have⟳ been avoided. She was given a moment to choose⟳, and she chose blind vengeance, the kind that eliminates any benevolence she hoped to bring⟳ to the seven kingdoms by burning it right out of the minds of anyone who saw⟳ her astride Drogon, mowing down men, women, and children with abandon.”

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