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Definition of reply :
1. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
2. That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
3. To answer a defendant's plea.
4. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
5. To return for an answer.
Synonyms:
resolve, pick up on, greet, receive, take, write back, solvent, stand up, pounce, ask, interplay, solution, reflex, talk back, do, answer back, result, welcome, rejoin, serve, resolution, reception, cry, outburst, turn around and do something, outcry, suffice, repartee, come over
defense (part of speech: noun)
armor, stronghold, countermeasure, protection, fortress, harbor, wall, resistance, moat, security, argument, aversion, barrier
correspondence (part of speech: noun)
letter, line, epistle, correspondence, message, postcard, note
respond (part of speech: verb)
justify, deny, object, react, refute, defend
response (part of speech: noun)
justification, denial, objection, reaction, refutation, defense
correspond (part of speech: verb)
defend (part of speech: verb)
fend, secure, safeguard, oppose, argue, save, protect, guard, buffer, barricade, sustain, shield, screen, ward, backfire, counterattack, police, cover, shelter, uphold, support, bar, avert, resist
answer (part of speech: verb)
response, countercharge, come back, acknowledgment, rejoinder, counter-accuse, excuse, acknowledge, replication, counter, echo, surrebuttal, expound, counterclaim, counter-accusation, counter-reply, riposte, counter-state, comeback, retort, respond, explain, return, answer, explanation, counter-statement, rebuttal, rebut
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