Re*sponse" (r?*sp?ns"), n. [OF. response, respons, F. r'eponse, from L. responsum, from respondere. See Respond.]
1.
The act of responding.
2.
An answer or reply.
Specifically: (a)
Reply to an objection in formal disputation
.
I. Watts. (b)
Eccl. The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service
. (c)
R.C.Ch. A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office
. (d)
Mus. A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.
Busby.
© Webster 1913.