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Webster 1913 Edition


Responsion

Re-spon′sion

(-sh?n)
,
Noun.
[L.
responsio
. See
Respond
.]
1.
The act of answering.
[Obs.]
2.
(University of Oxford)
The first university examination; – called also
little go
. See under
Little
,
Adj.

Webster 1828 Edition


Responsion

RESPON'SION

,
Noun.
[L. responsio.] The act of answering. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


responsion

responsion

English

Noun

responsion (plural responsions)

  1. (rare) An answer or reply; a response.
  2. (Britain, education, historical, in the plural) 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.

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