responsion noun. [rɪ'spɒnʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[French responsion or Latin responsio(n-), from respons-: see RESPONSE, -ION.]
1. A sum falling to be paid; esp. an annual payment required from knights of a military order. LME-E18.

2. An answer, a reply; a response. Now rare. L15.

3. Hist. In pl. The first of three examinations which BA students at Oxford were required to pass until 1960. E19.

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