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▸ noun:  A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
▸ noun:  A solution to a problem.
▸ noun:  (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
▸ noun:  (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
▸ verb:  To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
▸ verb:  (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
▸ verb:  To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
▸ verb:  To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
▸ verb:  To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
▸ verb:  To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
▸ verb:  To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To render account to or for.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

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