responsion

responsion
/ri spon"sheuhn/, n.
1. the act of responding or answering.
2. responsions, the first examination at Oxford University that candidates for the degree of B.A. have to pass.
[1425-75; late ME < L responsion- (s. of responsio) an answer. See RESPONSE, -ION]

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