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coun·ter·re·sponse | \ ˈkau̇n-tər-ri-ˌspän(t)s 
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or counter-response
plural counterresponses or counter-responses
Definition of counterresponse
: a response that is a reply or reaction to a previous response
GE would then have two weeks to issue a counter-response.— Clarence Fanto Retaliation is only likely to provoke a counterresponse. In that regard, escalation may prove to be to Russia's advantage.— Harlan Ullman … supporters on social media have developed their own counterresponse to the protests, mocking them …— Craig Gilbert specifically, law : a response to a responsive pleading The Defendant has filed a Response to the Motion for Reconsideration and the Plaintiff has filed a Counter-Response. — In re Bent
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The first known use of counterresponse was in 1869
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