Definition of response

• n. - The act of responding.
• n. - An answer or reply.
• n. - Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
• n. - The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.
• n. - A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.
• n. - A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.