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Response

The act of responding.

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Broader term 17

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Event 76% connected

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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Fashion 76% connected

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…

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Greeting 76% connected

of Greet

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Manner 76% connected

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Mode 76% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Phrase 76% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Salutation 76% connected

The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; als…

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Upshot 76% connected

Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Narrower term 17

Answer 76% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Automatism 76% connected

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activit…

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Counter 76% connected

A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

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Echo 76% connected

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

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Non sequitur 76% connected

An inference which does not follow from the premises.

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Passing 76% connected

of Pass

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Reaction 76% connected

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

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Rebound 76% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

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Reflex 76% connected

Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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Rejoinder 76% connected

An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

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Replication 76% connected

An answer; a reply.

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Rescript 76% connected

The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

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Retort 76% connected

To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Taxis 76% connected

Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it.

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tropism 76% connected

A growth or movement of an organism in response to an environmental stimulus

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Derivationally related 2

Antiphonal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

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Antiphonal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to antiphony, or alternate singing; sung alternately by a divided choir or opposite choirs.

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Synonym 4

Answer 92% connected

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

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Reaction 92% connected

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reception 92% connected

The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reply 92% connected

To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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