Definition of respondent Respondent

/ɹɪspɑˈndʌnt/ - [rispandunt] - re•spond•ent

We found 12 definitions of respondent from 5 different sources.

What does respondent mean?

Noun Plural: respondents
respondent - someone who responds
		responder, answerer
		communicator a person who communicates with others
		assenter a person who assents
		equivocator, tergiversator, hedger a gardener who takes care of and trims hedges
		interviewee a person who is interviewed
respondent - the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

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respondent (Noun)
Person who answers for the defendant in a case before a court. In some legal systems, when one appeals a criminal case, one names the original court as defendant, but the state is the respondent.
respondent (Noun)
One who responds. See also correspondent.
respondent (Noun)
Person that participates in research involving questionnaires.
respondent (Adjective)
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.

respondent (a.)
Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
respondent (n.)
One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant.
respondent (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.
respondent (n.)
One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent.