defendant
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English defendaunt (“defending; defending in a suit”), borrowed from Old French defendant, present participle of defendre, from Latin dēfendere.
Inflected forms:
form: more defendant
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most defendant
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: defendaunt
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: defendants
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: defendaunt
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
pos: adj
examples: Thus comes the English with full power upon us;
And more than carefully it us concerns
To answer royally in our defences.
Therefore the Dukes of Berri and of Bretagne,
Of Brabant and of Orleans, shall make forth,
And you, Prince Dauphin, with all swift dispatch,
To line and new repair our towns of war
With men of courage and with means defendant;
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: 404(b)—including a series of domestic abuse incidents defendant perpetrated against victim, a PFA against defendant by victim, and other third-party PFAs entered against defendant to protect other women—as well as evidence from[…]
gloss: In criminal proceedings, the accused.
pos: noun
examples: Unintended mathwashing occurs when the algorithm is left unchecked, and, learning from historical data, amplifies social bias. The U.S. justice system uses an algorithm called COMPAS to determine a criminal's likelihood to re-offend. COMPAS has been proven by Pro Publica to predict that black defendants will have higher rates of recidivism than they actually do, while white defendants are predicted to have lower rates than they actually do.
Antonyms: plaintiff
claimant
prosecutor
Related words: respondent
Derived words: antidefendant
co-defendant
codefendant
multidefendant
nondefendant
prodefendant
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ
roman: muddaʕan ʕalayhi
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَّهَم
roman: muttaham
lang: Arabic
word: مُتَّهَمَة
roman: muttahama
lang: Armenian
word: ամբաստանյալ
roman: ambastanyal
lang: Armenian
word: պատասխանող
roman: patasxanoġ
lang: Belarusian
word: абвінава́чаны
roman: abvinaváčany
lang: Belarusian
word: абвінава́чаная
roman: abvinaváčanaja
lang: Belarusian
word: абвінава́чваны
roman: abvinaváčvany
lang: Belarusian
word: абвінава́чваная
roman: abvinaváčvanaja
lang: Belarusian
word: падвiно́ўны
roman: padvinówny
lang: Belarusian
word: падвiно́ўная
roman: padvinównaja
lang: Belarusian
word: адка́зчык
roman: adkázčyk
lang: Belarusian
word: адка́зчыца
roman: adkázčyca
lang: Belarusian
word: падсу́дны
roman: padsúdny
lang: Belarusian
word: падсу́дная
roman: padsúdnaja
lang: Belarusian
word: падсудзі́мы
roman: padsudzímy
lang: Belarusian
word: падсудзі́мая
roman: padsudzímaja
lang: Bengali
word: মুদ্দালেহ
roman: muddaleho
lang: Bulgarian
word: обвиня́ем
roman: obvinjáem
lang: Bulgarian
word: обвиня́ема
roman: obvinjáema
lang: Bulgarian
word: отве́тник
roman: otvétnik
lang: Bulgarian
word: отве́тничка
roman: otvétnička
lang: Bulgarian
word: отве́тница
roman: otvétnica
lang: Bulgarian
word: подсъди́м
roman: podsǎdím
lang: Bulgarian
word: подсъди́ма
roman: podsǎdíma
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 被告
roman: bèigào
lang: Czech
word: obžalovaný
lang: Czech
word: obžalovaná
lang: Czech
word: obviněný
lang: Czech
word: obviněná
lang: Czech
word: žalovaný
lang: Czech
word: žalovaná
lang: Danish
word: indstævnte
lang: Dutch
word: verdachte
lang: Dutch
word: verweerder
lang: Esperanto
word: akuzito
lang: Esperanto
word: akuzitino
lang: Estonian
word: kaebealune
lang: Finnish
word: vastaaja
lang: French
word: inculpé
lang: French
word: inculpée
lang: French
word: défendeur
lang: French
word: défenderesse
lang: Georgian
word: მოპასუხე
roman: moṗasuxe
lang: German
word: Angeklagter
lang: German
word: Angeklagte
lang: German
word: Angeschuldigter
lang: German
word: Angeschuldigte
lang: German
word: Beschuldigter
lang: German
word: Beschuldigte
lang: German
word: Beklagter
lang: German
word: Beklagte
lang: Greek
word: εναγόμενος
roman: enagómenos
lang: Greek
word: εναγομένη
roman: enagoméni
lang: Greek
word: κατηγορούμενος
roman: katigoroúmenos
lang: Greek
word: κατηγορουμένη
roman: katigorouméni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κατηγορούμενος
roman: katēgoroúmenos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κατηγορουμένη
roman: katēgorouménē
lang: Hebrew
word: נאשם \ נֶאֱשָׁם
roman: ne'eshám
lang: Hebrew
word: נאשמת \ נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת
roman: ne'eshémet
lang: Hindi
word: अभियुक्त
roman: abhiyukt
lang: Hindi
word: प्रतिवादी
roman: prativādī
lang: Hungarian
word: vádlott
lang: Hungarian
word: terhelt
lang: Indonesian
word: tergugat
lang: Interlingua
word: accusato
lang: Irish
word: cosantóir
lang: Italian
word: imputato
lang: Italian
word: imputata
lang: Italian
word: accusato
lang: Italian
word: accusata
lang: Japanese
word: 被告
roman: hikoku
lang: Khmer
word: ចុងចោទ
roman: congcaot
lang: Korean
word: 피고
roman: pigo
lang: Korean
word: 피고인
roman: pigoin
lang: Latin
word: reus
lang: Macedonian
word: обвинет
roman: obvinet
lang: Macedonian
word: обвинета
roman: obvineta
lang: Macedonian
word: оптуженик
roman: optuženik
lang: Macedonian
word: оптуженичка
roman: optuženička
lang: Malayalam
word: പ്രതി
roman: prati
lang: Māori
word: kaikaro
lang: Māori
word: whakatuaki
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: anklagede
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: бранєни
roman: branjeni
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: бранєна
roman: branjena
lang: Persian
word: خوانده
roman: xânde
lang: Polish
word: oskarżony
lang: Polish
word: oskarżona
lang: Polish
word: pozwany
lang: Polish
word: pozwana
lang: Portuguese
word: réu
lang: Portuguese
word: ré
lang: Portuguese
word: acusado
lang: Portuguese
word: acusada
lang: Russian
word: обвиня́емый
roman: obvinjájemyj
lang: Russian
word: обвиня́емая
roman: obvinjájemaja
lang: Russian
word: отве́тчик
roman: otvétčik
lang: Russian
word: отве́тчица
roman: otvétčica
lang: Russian
word: подсуди́мый
roman: podsudímyj
lang: Russian
word: подсуди́мая
roman: podsudímaja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бра̑њенӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бра̑њеница)
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: оптужѐнӣк
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: оптужѐница
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brȃnjenīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: brȃnjenica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: optužènīk
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: optužènica
lang: Slovak
word: žalovaný
lang: Slovak
word: žalovaná
lang: Slovak
word: obžalovaný
lang: Slovak
word: obžalovaná
lang: Slovene
word: obtoženi
lang: Slovene
word: obtožena
lang: Spanish
word: acusado
lang: Spanish
word: acusada
lang: Swedish
word: anklagad
lang: Thai
word: จำเลย
roman: jam-ləəi
lang: Turkish
word: sanık
lang: Ukrainian
word: звинува́чений
roman: zvynuváčenyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: звинува́чена
roman: zvynuváčena
lang: Ukrainian
word: відповіда́ч
roman: vidpovidáč
lang: Ukrainian
word: відповіда́чка
roman: vidpovidáčka
lang: Ukrainian
word: підсу́дний
roman: pidsúdnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: підсу́дна
roman: pidsúdna
lang: Ukrainian
word: обвинува́чуваний
roman: obvynuváčuvanyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: обвинува́чувана
roman: obvynuváčuvana
lang: Urdu
word: مدعا علیہ
lang: Vietnamese
word: bị cáo
lang: Vietnamese
word: bị đơn