Answer and Issue

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Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Issue is an antonym for answer in question topic.

Issue noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Answer is an antonym for issue in decision topic.

Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer

particular	particular answer	particular issue
common	common answer	common issue
complex	complex answer	complex issue
original	original answer	original issue
Other adjectives: single, obvious, actual, real, big, serious, general, possible, final, next, last, different, previous.

request	answer request	issue request
name	answer name	issue name
time	answer time	issue time
challenge	answer challenge	issue challenge
Other words: money, threat, letters, ends.

Nigel and Lucy do get a straight answer to this question in Midnight Horror, but only from a ghost who thinks it's 1785, so it doesn't resolve the issue.

Source: Video Game / The Lost Crown
In the supplementary manga issue that recaps and expands the second season's epilogue, Yuuno's answer to Amy's question about romantic progress is dramatically revised.

Source: Ship Tease / Anime and Manga
The issue was that Hirano's statement about the relationship was given five years before the manga concluded as an answer to a person who asked how far will it go, a question that he was nervous to answer (like he would spoil his ending where Alucard returns/isn't dead).

Source: Ship To Ship Combat / Anime and Manga

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