What is another word for "retort"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "retort": accusation, acknowledge, acknowledgment, air, alembic, and, andiron, another, answer, antiphon, antiphony, area, athanor, back, backlog, bakehouse, bath, bay, beau, because, bit, biter, blow, boil, boiler, boiling, brasier, bubble, bubbly, burner, caboose, caldron, camboose, can, cap, catch, cause, central, chamber, chloride.