[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to reply or answer in words:to respond briefly to a question.Synonyms: rejoin", "to make a return by some action as if in answer:to respond generously to a charity drive.Synonyms: reply , react , rise", "to react favorably.", "Physiology.to exhibit some action or effect as if in answer; react:Nerves respond to a stimulus.", "to correspond (usually followed byto).", "Bridge.to make a response ."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to say in answer; reply."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Architecture.a half pier, pilaster, or the like projecting from a wall as a support for a lintel or an arch, the other side of which is supported on a free-standing pier or column.", "Ecclesiastical.a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection. responsory(def) responsory(def). response(def3) response(def3).", "a short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.", "responsory(def) responsory(def).", "response(def3) response(def3)."]}]