comeback (n.)

• acknowledgment
• answer
• antiphon
• backchat
• backfire
• boomerang
• convalescence
• counter
• counterattack
• counterblast
• counterblow
• counterfire
• counterinsurgency
• countermeasure
• counterrevolution
• crack
• cut
• defense
• dig
• dump
• echo
• exchange
• fleer
• foolery
• gibe
• give-and-take
• interchange
• jab
• jape
• jeer
• jest
• leg-pull
• mock
• put-down
• put-on
• quip
• rally
• reaction
• receipt
• reciprocation
• recoil
• recovery
• recuperation
• rejoinder
• repartee
• replication
• reply
• rescript
• rescription
• respondence
• response
• retaliation
• retort
• return
• reverberation
• riposte
• scoff
• scurrility
• slam
• slap
• swipe
• taunt
• twit