riposte
noun/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
(formal)- a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism synonym retort
- a witty riposte
- a course of action that takes place in response to something that has happened
- The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.
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