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co·respond·ent (kō′ri spän′dənt)

noun

Law a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought

Etymology: co- + respondent

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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