reply vs scrutiny

reply

noun
  • A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. 

  • Something given in reply. 

  • A counterattack. 

  • The answer of a figure. 

  • A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. 

verb
  • To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. 

  • To act or gesture in response. 

  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

scrutiny

noun
  • A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written. 

  • Intense study of someone or something. 

  • Thorough inspection of a situation or a case. 

  • An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. 

  • An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day. 

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