"Answer" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

In pleading. Any pleading setting up matters of fact by way of defense. In chancery pleading, the term denotes a defense in writing, made by a defendant to the allegations contained in a bill or informa-tion filed by the plaintiff against him

To render account, or to be responsible; to be
accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer
for the money intrusted to his care.

To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to
answer a charge; to answer an accusation.

To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation,
correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to
suit; -- usually with to.

To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or
satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my
claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.

To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way
of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute.

To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or
sufficient; as, a very few will answer.

To render account to or for.

A reply to a change; a defense.

A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a
confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive
declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the
usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.

To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment,
reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum
answers as a manure on some soils.

To be opposite, or to act in opposition.

To be or act in return or response to.

To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or
proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a
charge), or in reply; to make response.

Something done in return for, or in consequence of,
something else; a responsive action.

A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the
answer to a problem.

To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient
for; to serve for; to repay.

Something said or written in reply to a question, a call,
an argument, an address, or the like; a reply.

To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or
question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply
to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.

To be opposite to; to face.

To be or act in return.

To make a satisfactory response or return.

To atone; to be punished for.