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noun(re-sponse)an act of responding
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noun(re-sponse)something constituting a reply or a reaction: such as
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noun(re-sponse)a verse, phrase, or word sung or said by the people or choir after or in reply to the officiant in a liturgical service
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noun(re-sponse)a statement quickly followed by an answering statement; also : a musical phrase in which the first and often solo part is answered by a second and often ensemble part
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noun(re-sponse)a response that is a reply or reaction to a previous response; specifically, law : a response to a responsive pleading
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noun(re-sponse)the ability of a device (such as an audio amplifier) to handle the frequencies applied to it; also : a graph representing this ability
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noun(re-sponse)a change in the electrical resistance of the skin that is a physiochemical response to emotional arousal which increases sympathetic nervous system activity
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noun(re-sponse)a bodily response to an antigen that occurs when lymphocytes identify the antigenic molecule as foreign and induce the formation of antibodies and lymphocytes capable of reacting with it and rendering it harmless —called also immune reaction