Definitions of response

1. the manner in which something is greeted; " she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"

2. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; " he growled his reply"

3. a result; " this situation developed in response to events in Africa"

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

5. The act of responding.

6. Reply to an objection in formal disputation.

7. The answer of the people or congregation to the priest or clergyman, in the litany and other parts of divine service.

8. A kind of anthem sung after the lessons of matins and some other parts of the office.

9. A repetition of the given subject in a fugue by another part on the fifth above or fourth below.

10. The act of answering; reply; an act or feeling called forth by something; as, a response to an appeal for the Red Cross.

11. A reply: an oracular answer: the answer made by the congregation, the acolytes within the sanctuary, or the choir to the priest or minister during divine service: reply to an objection in a formal disputation.

12. Answer; reply.

13. An answer; reply.

14. Reply; a reply; in the litany, the answer of the people or congregation to the priest; in the Rom. Cath. Church, a kind of anthem sung after the morning lesson.