retort (n.)
- acknowledgment
- aerosol
- alembic
- answer
- antiphon
- anvil
- aphorism
- apothegm
- atomizer
- backchat
- backfire
- boomerang
- caldron
- comeback
- conceit
- counter
- counterattack
- counterblast
- counterblow
- countercharge
- counterfire
- counterinsurgency
- countermeasure
- counterrevolution
- crack
- crucible
- defense
- echo
- engine
- epigram
- exchange
- gag
- gibe
- give-and-take
- interchange
- jape
- jest
- joke
- lathe
- machine
- mortar
- mot
- motor
- persiflage
- pleasantry
- quip
- reaction
- rebuttal
- receipt
- reciprocation
- recoil
- recrimination
- rejoinder
- repartee
- replication
- reply
- reprisal
- rescript
- rescription
- respondence
- response
- retaliation
- return
- revenge
- reverberation
- riposte
- sally
- say
- scintillation
- spray
- still
- transducer
- transformer
- vaporizer
- wisecrack
- witticism
retort (v.)
The Retort Courteous; . . . the Quip Modest; . . . the Reply Churlish; . . . the Reproof Valiant; . . . the Countercheck Quarrelsome; . . . the Lie with Circumstance; . . . the Lie Direct.
