Replies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reply \Re*ply"\, n.; pl. {Replies} (-pl?z"). [See {Reply}, v.
     i., and cf. {Replica}.]
     That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is
     said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
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     Syn: Answer; rejoinder; response.
  
     Usage: {Reply}, {Rejoinder}, {Answer}. A reply is a distinct
            response to a formal question or attack in speech or
            writing. A rejoinder is a second reply (a reply to a
            reply) in a protracted discussion or controversy. The
            word answer is used in two senses, namely (1), in the
            most general sense of a mere response; as, the answer
            to a question; or (2), in the sense of a decisive and
            satisfactory confutation of an adversary's argument,
            as when we speak of a triumphant answer to the speech
            or accusations of an opponent. Here the noun
            corresponds to a frequent use of the verb, as when we
            say. "This will answer (i.e., fully meet) the end in
            view;" "It answers the purpose."
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