responsion

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UK/ɹɪˈspɒnʃən/

noun

An answer or reply; a response.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounresponsion (plural responsions)

plural responsions

  1. rareAn answer or reply; a response.

    The Greek choral ode is obligated to preserve all but mathematical balance of rigid quantitative responsion.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 12
  2. UKhistoricalin pluraleducationThe first of three examinations once required for an academic degree at the University of Oxford; nicknamed the little go and generally taken around the time of matriculation.

Origin

Translations

Spanish responsión
  • responsiónan answer or reply
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “responsion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/responsion.

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