reply

To speak or write as a reaction to a question or other prompting.

To act in reaction or as a response: synonym: answer.

To respond to the defendant’s answer or plea.

To say or give as an answer.

A word or a series of words spoken or written in reaction, as to a question or request.

An act made in reaction or response.

A plaintiff’s response to the defendant’s answer or plea, especially with regard to counterclaims made by the defendant.

An answer; a response.

The act or power of answering, especially with fitness or conclusiveness.

That which is done for or in consequence of something else; an answer by deeds; a counter-attack: as, his reply was a blow.