defendant

Language

See also: défendant

English

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defendant

Alternative forms

defendaunt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛnd.ənt/Category:English 3-syllable words#DEFENDANT Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DEFENDANT
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#DEFENDANT

Etymology 1

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#DEFENDANT Category:English terms derived from Middle English#DEFENDANT defendaunt (“defending; defending in a suit”), borrowed from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#DEFENDANT defendant, present participle of defendre, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#DEFENDANT dēfendere.

Adjective

defendant (comparative more defendant, superlative most defendant)Category:English lemmas#DEFENDANT Category:English adjectives#DEFENDANT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DEFENDANT Category:Pages with entries#DEFENDANT Category:Pages with 2 entries#DEFENDANT

Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
  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;
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Etymology 2

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#DEFENDANT Category:English terms derived from Middle English#DEFENDANT defendaunt (“defendant in a suit; defender”), borrowed from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#DEFENDANT defendant, nominalisation of defendant; see above.

Noun

defendant (plural defendants)Category:English lemmas#DEFENDANT Category:English nouns#DEFENDANT Category:English countable nouns#DEFENDANT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DEFENDANT Category:Pages with entries#DEFENDANT Category:Pages with 2 entries#DEFENDANT

(law Category:en:Law#DEFENDANT) 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.
- 2019 November 29, Daniel J. Anders, Bobby Ochoa III, Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania Rules of Evidence, LexisNexis, →ISBN:
  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 […]
  Category:English terms with quotations#DEFENDANT
(law Category:en:Law#DEFENDANT) In criminal proceedings, the accused.
- 2018 January 29, Sophie Kleber, “As AI Meets the Reputation Economy, We're All Being Silently Judged”, in Harvard Business Review‎, Brighton, M.A.: Harvard Business Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2023:
  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.
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Usage notes

In Canadian and Philippine law, defendant is generally used only for a party being sued civilly; a person being tried criminally is the accused.

Synonyms

(law, litigation): (in civil proceedings) respondant

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “in civil proceedings”): plaintiff, claimant
(antonym(s) of “in criminal proceedings”): prosecutor

Hypernyms

litigant

Derived terms

Related terms

respondent

Translations

party responding to the complaint

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person prosecuted or sued, the accused

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Arabic: مُدَّعًى عَلَيْهِ m (muddaʕan ʕalayhi)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#DEFENDANT, مُتَّهَم m (muttaham)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#DEFENDANT, مُتَّهَمَة f (muttahama)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#DEFENDANT
Armenian: ամբաստանյալ (hy) (ambastanyal)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#DEFENDANT (in criminal proceedings), պատասխանող (hy) (patasxanoġ)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#DEFENDANT (in civil proceedings)
Belarusian: абвінава́чаны m (abvinaváčany)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, абвінава́чаная f (abvinaváčanaja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, абвінава́чваны m (abvinaváčvany)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, абвінава́чваная f (abvinaváčvanaja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, падвiно́ўны m (padvinówny)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, падвiно́ўная f (padvinównaja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, адка́зчык m (adkázčyk)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, адка́зчыца f (adkázčyca)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, падсу́дны m (padsúdny)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, падсу́дная f (padsúdnaja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, падсудзі́мы m (padsudzímy)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT, падсудзі́мая f (padsudzímaja)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#DEFENDANT
Bengali: মুদ্দালেহ (muddaleho)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#DEFENDANT
Bulgarian: обвиня́ем (bg) m (obvinjáem)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT, обвиня́ема (bg) f (obvinjáema)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT, отве́тник m (otvétnik)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT, отве́тничка f (otvétnička)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT, отве́тница f (otvétnica)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT, подсъди́м (bg) m (podsǎdím)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT, подсъди́ма (bg) f (podsǎdíma)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#DEFENDANT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 被告 (zh) (bèigào)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#DEFENDANT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#DEFENDANT
Czech: obžalovaný (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#DEFENDANT, obžalovaná (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#DEFENDANT, obviněný (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#DEFENDANT, obviněná (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#DEFENDANT, žalovaný mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#DEFENDANT, žalovaná fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#DEFENDANT
Danish: indstævnteCategory:Terms with Danish translations#DEFENDANT
Dutch: verdachte (nl) m or fCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#DEFENDANT (in criminal proceedings), verweerder (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#DEFENDANT (in civil proceedings)
Esperanto: akuzitoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#DEFENDANT (male or female), akuzitinoCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#DEFENDANT (female)
Estonian: kaebealuneCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#DEFENDANT
Finnish: vastaaja (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#DEFENDANT
French: inculpé (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#DEFENDANT, inculpée (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#DEFENDANT, défendeur (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#DEFENDANT, défenderesse (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#DEFENDANT
Georgian: მოპასუხე (moṗasuxe)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#DEFENDANT
German: Angeklagter (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Angeklagte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Angeschuldigter (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Angeschuldigte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Beschuldigter (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Beschuldigte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Beklagter (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT, Beklagte (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#DEFENDANT
Greek: εναγόμενος (el) m (enagómenos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#DEFENDANT, εναγομένη (el) f (enagoméni)Category:Terms with Greek translations#DEFENDANT, κατηγορούμενος (el) m (katigoroúmenos)Category:Terms with Greek translations#DEFENDANT, κατηγορουμένη (el) f (katigorouméni)Category:Terms with Greek translations#DEFENDANT
Ancient Greek: κατηγορούμενος m (katēgoroúmenos)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#DEFENDANT, κατηγορουμένη f (katēgorouménē)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#DEFENDANT
Hebrew: נאשם \ נֶאֱשָׁם (he) m (ne'eshám)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#DEFENDANT, נאשמת \ נֶאֱשֶׁמֶת f (ne'eshémet)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#DEFENDANT
Hindi: अभियुक्त (hi) m (abhiyukt)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#DEFENDANT, प्रतिवादी (hi) m (prativādī)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#DEFENDANT
Hungarian: vádlott (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#DEFENDANT, terhelt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#DEFENDANT
Indonesian: tergugat (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#DEFENDANT
Interlingua: accusatoCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#DEFENDANT
Irish: cosantóir mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#DEFENDANT
Italian: imputato (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#DEFENDANT, imputata (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#DEFENDANT, accusato (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#DEFENDANT, accusata (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#DEFENDANT
Japanese: 被告 (ja) (ひこく, hikoku)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#DEFENDANT
Khmer: ចុងចោទ (congcaot)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#DEFENDANT
Korean: 피고(被告) (ko) (pigo)Category:Terms with Korean translations#DEFENDANT, 피고인(被告人) (ko) (pigoin)Category:Terms with Korean translations#DEFENDANT
Latin: reus mCategory:Terms with Latin translations#DEFENDANT
Macedonian: обвинет m (obvinet)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#DEFENDANT, обвинета f (obvineta)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#DEFENDANT, оптуженик m (optuženik)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#DEFENDANT, оптуженичка f (optuženička)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#DEFENDANT
Malayalam: പ്രതി (ml) (prati)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#DEFENDANT
Māori: kaikaroCategory:Terms with Māori translations#DEFENDANT, whakatuakiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#DEFENDANT
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anklagedeCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#DEFENDANT
Pannonian Rusyn: бранєни m (branjeni)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#DEFENDANT, бранєна f (branjena)Category:Terms with Pannonian Rusyn translations#DEFENDANT
Persian: خوانده (fa) (xânde)Category:Terms with Persian translations#DEFENDANT
Polish: oskarżony (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DEFENDANT, oskarżona (pl) fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DEFENDANT, pozwany (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DEFENDANT, pozwana fCategory:Terms with Polish translations#DEFENDANT
Portuguese: réu (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DEFENDANT, ré (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DEFENDANT, acusado (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DEFENDANT, acusada (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#DEFENDANT
Russian: обвиня́емый (ru) m (obvinjájemyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DEFENDANT, обвиня́емая (ru) f (obvinjájemaja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DEFENDANT, отве́тчик (ru) m (otvétčik)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DEFENDANT, отве́тчица (ru) f (otvétčica)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DEFENDANT, подсуди́мый (ru) m (podsudímyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DEFENDANT, подсуди́мая (ru) f (podsudímaja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#DEFENDANT
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бра̑њенӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT, бра̑њеница) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT, оптужѐнӣк mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT, оптужѐница fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT

Latin: brȃnjenīk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT, brȃnjenica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT, optužènīk (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT, optužènica (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#DEFENDANT
Slovak: žalovaný mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DEFENDANT, žalovaná fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DEFENDANT, obžalovaný mCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DEFENDANT, obžalovaná fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#DEFENDANT
Slovene: obtoženi mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#DEFENDANT, obtožena fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#DEFENDANT
Spanish: acusado (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#DEFENDANT, acusada (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#DEFENDANT
Swedish: anklagad (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#DEFENDANT
Thai: จำเลย (th) (jam-ləəi)Category:Terms with Thai translations#DEFENDANT
Turkish: sanık (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#DEFENDANT
Ukrainian: звинува́чений m (zvynuváčenyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, звинува́чена f (zvynuváčena)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, відповіда́ч m (vidpovidáč)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, відповіда́чка f (vidpovidáčka)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, підсу́дний m (pidsúdnyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, підсу́дна f (pidsúdna)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, обвинува́чуваний m (obvynuváčuvanyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT, обвинува́чувана f (obvynuváčuvana)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#DEFENDANT
Urdu: مدعا علیہCategory:Terms with Urdu translations#DEFENDANT
Vietnamese: bị cáo (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#DEFENDANT, bị đơn (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#DEFENDANT

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Latin

Verb

dēfendantCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DEFENDANT Category:Latin verb forms#DEFENDANT Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DEFENDANT Category:Pages with entries#DEFENDANT Category:Pages with 2 entries#DEFENDANT

third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēfendō

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