CO-RESPONDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does co-respondent mean? 

• CO-RESPONDENT (noun)
  The noun CO-RESPONDENT has 1 sense:

1. the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding

  Familiarity information: CO-RESPONDENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CO-RESPONDENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

co-respondent; corespondent

Hypernyms ("co-respondent" is a kind of...):

co-defendant; codefendant (a defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action)