erwidern — meaning in English

English meaning

• reciprocate verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
• reply verb To give a spoken or written answer to a question, message, or accusation.
• requite verb To pay off a debt, or to reward someone for a favor or service they gave.

Senses

erwidern is used for these senses in English:

• reply (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
• requite To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc.

reciprocate — full definition

1. verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
2. verb Of machinery, to move back and forth repeatedly, like a piston.

reply — full definition

1. verb To give a spoken or written answer to a question, message, or accusation.
2. noun The answer given in response to something.

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