Rēp'li-cā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. replicatio, Pr. replicatio, Sp. replicacion and replica, It. replicazione and replica, Fr. réplique. See REPLY.]

1. An answer; a reply.
2. (Law Pleadings.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant’s plea.
3. Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo; repetition. [Rare.]

Hear the replication of your sounds. Shak. *The echoes sighed In lulling replication.* Glover. Syn.—Answer; response; rejoinder.