Reply

1. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
2. That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
3. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
4. To return for an answer.
5. To answer a defendant's plea.