riposte (n.)
- acknowledgment
- advocate
- answer
- antiphon
- aphorism
- apothegm
- argument
- backchat
- champion
- comeback
- conceit
- counter
- crack
- defense
- demurrer
- denial
- echo
- epigram
- exception
- gibe
- mot
- objection
- persiflage
- plea
- pleading
- pleasantry
- quip
- reaction
- rebuttal
- receipt
- refutation
- rejoinder
- repartee
- replication
- reply
- rescript
- rescription
- respondence
- response
- retort
- return
- reverberation
- sally
- say
- scintillation
- support
- wisecrack
- witticism
