response
response Lexical Profile
response Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A verbal or written answer to a question, request, or statement.
"We are still waiting for an official response from the committee regarding our proposal."
An action, feeling, or behavioral reaction elicited by an event, situation, or stimulus.
"The charity concert drew an overwhelmingly generous response from the local community."
A verse, phrase, or sentence sung or spoken by the choir or congregation in answer to the officiating clergy during a religious service.
"The congregation recited the traditional liturgical responses after each petition of the prayer."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French 'response', from Latin 'responsum' ('an answer'), the neuter past participle of 'respondere' ('to respond, answer to, promise in return'), formed from 're-' ('back') and 'spondere' ('to pledge').