1. (n.) The act of responding.

2. (n.) An answer or reply.

3. (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.

4. (n.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.

5. (n.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.

6. (n.) A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.

Agnus Dei Benedicite ESP Gloria Gloria Patri Gloria in Excelsis Introit Magnificat Miserere Nunc Dimittis Te Deum Trisagion Vedic hymn acknowledgment action and reaction affect affection alleluia anacrusis answer answering anthem antiphon antiphonal chanting antiphony argument automatic reaction autonomic reaction awareness back answer back talk backchat backlash backwash bass passage bounceback bourdon bridge burden cadence canticle caring chant chorale chord chorus clout coda comeback commerce communication communion concern congress connection consciousness contact conversation converse correspondence counterstatement dealing dealings defense demurrer denial development division doxology echo effect emotion emotional charge emotional shade empathy evasive reply exception exchange experience exposition feedback feeling feeling tone fellow feeling figure folderol force foreboding gut reaction hallelujah harmonic close heartthrob hosanna hymn hymn of praise hymnody hymnography hymnology identification impact impress impression imprint information interaction interchange intercommunication intercommunion intercourse interlude intermezzo interplay introductory phrase involvement laud linguistic intercourse mantra mark measure message motet movement musical phrase musical sentence objection offertory offertory sentence ornament paean part passage passion pathos percept perception period phrase plea pleading predictable response presentiment print profound sense psalm psalmody reaction ready reply rebuttal receipt recoil reflection reflex reflex action refluence reflux refrain refutation rejoinder relating repartee repercussion replication reply report repost rescript rescription resolution respond respondence response to stimuli responsion responsiveness responsory responsory report retort retroaction return reverberation revulsion riposte rise ritornello section sensation sense sense impression sense perception sensory experience sentiment sharing short answer snappy comeback social intercourse speaking special demurrer special pleading speech speech circuit speech situation stanza statement statement of defense strain sympathetic chord sympathetic response sympathy tailpiece talking telepathy touch traffic truck tutti tutti passage two-way communication undercurrent unthinking response variation verse versicle vibes vibrations witty reply witty retort yes-and-no answer