A response.

A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.

A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.

To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

“to respond to a question or an argument”

To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.

To correspond with; to suit.