Response and Sign

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Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Sign and response are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sign" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

Sign noun - A movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling.

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Response and sign are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Response" instead a noun "Sign".

Nearby Words: signify, signed, signature, signing, signboard

human	human response	human sign
good	good response	good sign
physical	physical response	physical sign
special	special response	special sign
Other adjectives: common, positive, certain, appropriate, original, strong, actual, real, great, wrong, bad, possible, military, last.

Praying is seen as a sign that the character is giving up and acknowledging that they have no control, and so for a character to pray as a first response is almost always a sign of weakness.

Source: Prayer Is a Last Resort
When Andy correctly points out that this is not on the sign (which he even checked beforehand), the response is "It shouldn't have to be, it should be obvious."

Source: Can't You Read the Sign?
Sound Defect: What the animator does to Daffy in response to the sign mentioned below.

Source: Western Animation / Duck Amuck

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