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Antonyms for defendant
dɪˈfɛn dənt or, esp. in court, -dæntde·fen·dant

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Wiktionary3.5 / 2 votes

  1. defendantnoun

    In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

    Antonyms:
    plaintiff

  2. defendantnoun

    Antonyms:
    prosecutor

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. defendant

    Antonyms:
    prosecutor, accuser, plaintiff

    Synonyms:
    accused, prisoner

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Princeton's WordNet1.8 / 5 votes

  1. defendant, suspectnoun

    a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

    Antonyms:
    complainant, plaintiff

    Synonyms:
    suspect

Editors Contribution5.0 / 1 vote

  1. petitioner

    defendant defends against the petitioner.

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

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  1. Lori Andrus:

    We [Andrus' San Francisco-based firm] sued the makers of Magic Bullet, a year ago, for the same suit. We settled the suit, and got them to add the warnings to their manuals. 8 MILLION CUISINART FOOD PROCESSORS RECALLED AMID REPORTS OF BROKEN BLADES I suspect that since they [NutriBullet] are a common defendant they’ve starting adding the same warnings.

  2. Peter Greste:

    Effectively, that means I will automatically get a conviction if I don't appear but of course I can't go back because President Sisi deported me, so I'm stuck in this legal limbo, the problem is this has never happened before. They've never had a defendant deported from the country while the trial is ongoing so there is no formal legal mechanism for the judge to take me off the case.

  3. Scott Rosenwasser:

    Were you expecting to see happiness, warmth and contentment when Markeis McGlockton went outside the store after hearing that the defendant, over here, was confronting Britany Jacobs in the parking lot ? i don't even understand the nature of that question.

  4. Peggy Mayfield:

    A bail agent can go get the defendant and haul him back to jail, you know it commonly as a bounty hunter. Charitable bail has no authority to make that person go to court.

  5. Amy Berman Jackson:

    While it's true that Judge Amy Berman Jackson did plead guilty and while it would not be fair to treat this defendant more harshly because it's a high-profile investigation, I have come to the conclusion that the offense warrants a period of some incarceration.

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#5352defendant
#8073plaintiff
#13017prosecutor
#13312complainant
#55269accuser

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