Rejoinder

/ɹɪdʒˈɔɪndə/

/ɹiˈdʒɔɪndɝ/, /ɹɪˈdʒɔɪndɝ/

Rejoinder

a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

synonyms : comeback

(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

Examples

1. This rejoinder evoked laughter and applause from the partisan Tennessee audience.

2. But Prime Minister Cameron had a quick rejoinder to that.

3. "You shall be my husband to save your life," was the rejoinder.

4. Faulkner can be seen in many ways as a rejoinder and maybe a dissent, a departure from this quantitative approach.