response

Noun

• the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  • he growled his reply
    

• a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister

• the manner in which something is greeted
  • she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors
    

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  • I waited several days for his answer
    
  • he wrote replies to several of his critics
    

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
  • a bad reaction to the medicine
    
  • his responses have slowed with age
    

• a result
  • this situation developed in response to events in Africa
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  reply , reception , answer , reaction