responsions

Noun

responsion (plural responsions)

1. (rare) An answer or reply; a response.
   • The Greek choral ode is obligated to preserve all but mathematical balance of rigid quantitative responsion.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “I. Introduction”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 12
2. (UK, historical, in plural) The first of three examinations once required for an academic degree at the University of Oxford; nicknamed the little go and generally taken around the time of matriculation.