A response.

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

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

(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.

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

(transitive, intransitive) To correspond with; to suit.

(transitive) To satisfy; to answer.

(intransitive) To be liable for payment.