1. A reply; that which is said, in return to a call, a question, an argument or an allegation.

A soft answer turneth away wrath. Prov.

I called him, but he gave me no answer. Song of Solomon 5:6.

2. An account to be rendered to justice.

He will call you to so hot an answer for it.

3. In law, a counter-statement of facts, in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged.

4. A writing, pamphlet or book, in reply to another.

5. A reverberated sound; an echo.

6. A return; that which is sent in consequence of some petition, as a blessing is sent in answer to prayer.

7. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation.

8. The reply of a legislative body or house to an address or message of the supreme magistrate.