respond

A response.

Noun

A response.
Synonyms: answer comeback response retort return account rejoinder rebuttal riposte reaction
A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

From Middle English respounden, from Old French respondre, from Late Latin respondō, from Latin respondeō. Cf. Modern French répondre.

To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
- to respond to a question or an argument
To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
- As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds. - 2012 January 5, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in...
To correspond with; to suit.
- For his great deeds respond his speeches great. - 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […],...
To satisfy; to answer.
- The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
To be liable for payment.