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to say, write, or take action in response to a question or situation
to provide an accurate and satisfactory response to a problem
to respond to a stimulus by taking appropriate action
to provide a response or justification to counter an accusation or criticisms
to meet a demand or expectation
to correspond with or to be consistent with something
to take responsibility for an action or to be held accountable for it
to be adequate or sufficient for fulfilling a particular function
something we say, write, or do when we are replying to a question
a solution to a problem or a way out of a predicament
the speech act of replying to a question
a nonverbal reaction
the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
