counterresponse

noun

coun·​ter·​re·​sponse ˈkau̇n-tər-ri-ˌspän(t)s 

variants or counter-response

plural counterresponses or counter-responses

: 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

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above