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Respondent


RESPOND'ENT, adjective Answering; that answers to demand or expectation.

- Wealth respondent to payment and contributions.

RESPOND'ENT, noun

1. One that answers in a suit, particularly a chancery suit.

2. In the schools, one who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province is to refute objections or overthrow arguments.