riposte

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. ri·poste [riposte ripostes riposted riposting] BrE [rɪˈpɒst] NAmE [rɪˈpoʊst] noun (formal)
1. a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism
Syn: ↑retort
•a witty riposte
2. a course of action that takes place in response to sth that has happened
•The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.

Word Origin:
early 18th cent.: from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.
 
▪ II. ri·poste verb + speech
Main entry: ↑riposte_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rejoinder, retort, return, replication, comeback, counter, come back, repay, rejoin