First Known Use: 1813
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responsions
noun plural re·spon·sions \ri-ˈspän(t)-shənz\
Definition of RESPONSIONS
: an examination formerly required for matriculation as an undergraduate at Oxford
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Origin of RESPONSIONS
Middle English responcioun response, sum to be paid, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French responsion, from Medieval Latin responsion-, responsio, from Latin, answer, from respondēre
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