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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Re-spōnse', n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. response, N. Fr. réponse, Lat. responsum, from respondere. See RESPOND.]

  1. The act of responding.
  2. An answer or reply; especially, (a.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation. Watts. (b.) The answer of the people or congregation to the priest, in the litany and other parts of divine service. (c.) (Rom. Cath. Church.) A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office. Bp. Fitzpatrick. (d.) (Mus.) A repetition of the given subject by another part in a fugue. Busby.