| grace(pardon, allowance, forgiveness, mercy, reconciliation) |
| incitement(noun, insult, stimulus, affront, goading) |
| inducement(noun, cause, reason, base, call) |
| italics(noun, printing) |
| linotype(noun, printing) |
| mitigation(noun, action, cause, reason, trick) |
| motivation(noun, action, cause, reason, insult) |
| necessity(noun, cause, start, reason, claim) |
| palliation(noun, action, reason, claim, grace) |
| palliative(noun, defeat, reason, explanation, reasoning) |
| petition(noun, reason, argument, plea) |
| pretense(noun, power, right, title, award) |
| purgation(pardon, reconciliation, absolution) |
| reaction(noun, response, reply, retort, riposte) |
| rejoinder(noun, return, sign, report, argument) |
| response(noun, return, sign, report, reason) |
| retort(noun, return, sign, report, reason) |
| return(noun, sign, report, argument, resolution) |
| riposte(noun, return, sign, report, resolution) |
| slug |