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

Examples of counterresponse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The counterresponse is visceral one way or the other. —CBS News, 13 Nov. 2022

There was even a consensus statement issued calling brain training into question, which, in turn, resulted in a counterresponse from researchers who defended it. —Susanne M. Jaeggi, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2020

That provoked angry tweets and threats of intervention from President Trump and a strong counterresponse from the mayor. —Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above