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