| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A spirited, incisive reply: comeback, repartee, riposte. See ASK. | | VERB: | 1. To speak or act in response, as to a question: answer, rejoin, reply, respond, return, riposte. See ASK. 2. To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one: counter, hit back, reciprocate, retaliate, strike back. See ATTACK, FORGIVENESS.
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