See Also: responsion(dictionary)

responsion (iou)



responsion noun. LME.
[French responsion or Latin responsio(n-), from respons-: see RESPONSE, -ION.]
A sum falling to be paid; esp. an annual payment required from knights of a military order. LME-E18.
An answer, a reply; a response. Now rare. L15.
Hist. In pl. The first of three examinations which BA students at Oxford were required to pass until 1960. E19.