responsion

noun2

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
2. •
   [in the plural] (UK, historical) 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.