See Also: Respondent(law)
Co-respondent(law)
ASSOCIATED RESPONDENT(law)
respondent(dictionary)
co-respondent(dictionary)
respondent(dictionary)
co-respondent(dictionary)
Respondent conditioning(health)
respondent conditioning(medicine)
RESPONDENT, practice(law)

respondent (iou)



respondent noun & adjective. E16.
[Latin respondent- pres. ppl stem of respondere RESPOND verb: see -ENT. Cf. French respondant (now repondant).]
A. noun.
A person who answers; a person who responds to questioning etc.; spec. (a) a person who defends a thesis; (b) a person who supplies information for a survey. E16.
A defendant in a lawsuit, now spec. in an appeal or a divorce case. M16.
Psychology. A response to a specific prior stimulus. Opp. OPERANT noun 2. L20.
b. adjective.
Corresponding (to). M16-E18.
That answers or replies; having the position of defendant in a lawsuit. E18.
a. Responsive (to). M18.
b. Psychology. Responsive; involving or designating a response, esp. a conditioned reflex, to some specific stimulus. M20.