Definition of responds:
(v) :
(transitive, intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
(v) :
(intransitive) To act in return; to carry out an action or in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
(v) :
(transitive) To satisfy; to answer.
(v) :
(intransitive) To be liable for payment.
(n) :
A response.