respondent

/ris'pɔndənt/

Thân thiện

The respondent answered the judge's question clearly.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Replying or answering: Describing something or someone that gives a reply or response.
   • In a legal position of defense: In law, describing the party who is required to answer a petition or charge.

2. Noun:

   • One who responds: A person who gives an answer or reply, especially in a survey, interview, or conversation.
   • The defendant in certain courts: In legal proceedings, especially in appellate, divorce, or admiralty courts, the party against whom a petition or appeal is filed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • The respondent party in the case filed their counter-arguments. (The party required to answer in the case filed their counter-arguments.)
  • She gave a respondent nod to the question. (She gave a replying nod to the question.)

• Noun:

  • The survey had over 1,000 respondents. (The survey had over 1,000 people who answered.)
  • The court ordered the respondent to appear. (The court ordered the defendant to appear.)

Advanced Usage

• Legal Context: In appellate law, the respondent is the party who must respond to the appeal filed by the appellant (the party who lost in the lower court and is appealing).
  • The respondent's legal team prepared a brief to defend the lower court's decision.
• Research Context: In studies, a respondent is a participant who provides data by answering questions.
  • Each respondent in the psychology study completed a lengthy questionnaire.

Variants and Related Words

• Response (n): An answer or reply; a reaction to a stimulus.
  • Her immediate response was to help.
• Respond (v): To say or do something as a reaction to something.
  • Please respond to the invitation by Friday.

Synonyms

• Answerer: One who answers.
• Defendant: The party being sued or accused in a court of law.
• Interviewee: A person who is interviewed.

Antonyms

• Petitioner / Plaintiff: The party who initiates a lawsuit or appeal.
• Questioner / Inquirer: One who asks questions.

Related Phrases

• Co-respondent (n): A specific legal term, especially in divorce cases, for a person accused of having committed adultery with the respondent (the spouse being sued for divorce).
  • In the divorce case, the co-respondent was also named in the suit.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. replying
   • an answering glance
   • an answering smile

Noun

1. someone who responds
2. the codefendant (especially in a divorce proceeding) who is accused of adultery with the corespondent

Từ đồng nghĩa

• answering
• responder
• answerer