8
countercharge(noun, verb, answer, response, retaliate)
8
reaction(noun, hit, return, account, answer)
8
rebuttal(noun, return, sign, report, answer)
8
reprisal(noun, response, reply, snappy, riposte)
7
acknowledge(verb, return, deny, answer, counter)
7
acknowledgment(noun, feeling, return, sign, report)
7
alembic(receptacle, furnace, continuance in action)
6
back talk(noun, expression, idiom, feeling, return)
6
backfire(noun, verb, feeling, return, attitude)
6
caldron(receptacle, furnace, continuance in action)
6
counterblow(noun, verb, retaliate, retaliation)
6
defense(noun, return, sign, report, reason)
6
exchange(noun, verb, return, counter, respond)
6
quip(noun, response, joke, reply, gag)
6
react(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, answer)
6
reciprocation(noun, feeling, return, attitude, account)
6
sass(noun, verb, feeling, return, attitude)
6
wisecrack(noun, verb, feeling, return, sign)
5
answer back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, return, acknowledge)
5
counterattack(noun, verb, defend, defense)
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