RESPONDENCE Synonyms

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• the speech act of replying to a question

• the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

• a nonverbal reaction

• react verbally

• respond to a signal

• give the correct answer or solution to

• understand the meaning of

• give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

• be liable or accountable

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• match or correspond

• be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

• react to a stimulus or command

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output

• response to an inquiry or experiment

• (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others

• an idea evoked by some experience

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body

• a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude

• extreme conservatism in political or social matters

• doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

• react verbally

• a result

• a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• the manner in which something is greeted

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

• the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

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

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat

• answer back

• document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

• a coming to or returning home

• the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

• getting something back again

• the act of going back to a prior location

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• happening again (especially at regular intervals)

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

• a reciprocal group action

• a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

• (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

• the act of someone appearing again

• go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

• give back

• go back to a previous state

• go back to something earlier

• bring back to the point of departure

• return in kind

• make a return

• answer back

• be restored

• pay back

• pass down

• elect again

• be inherited by

• return to a previous position; in mathematics

• give or supply

• submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge

• make a return thrust

• answer back