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Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

United States Code

42 U.S.C. § 9601 — in this section (4 versions over time)

The terms "respond" or "response" means 2 remove, removal, remedy, and remedial action;,3 all such terms (including the terms "removal" and "remedial action") include enforcement activities related thereto.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

1. To make or file an answer to a blll, libel or appeal, in the character of a respondent, (q. v.)
2. To be llable or answerable; to make satisfaction or amends; as, to "respond in -damages."

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

To answer — a bill in equity, a libel in admiralty or in divorce, in an appeal taken to a higher court, etc. See Ee-