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Responsion
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Responsion
RESPON'SION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
responsion
responsion
English
Noun
responsion (plural responsions)
- (rare) An answer or reply; a response.
- (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.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.