repartee

noun repartee

• answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
• answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
• antiphon — a short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service
• apophthegm — a short cryptic remark containing some general or generally accepted truth; maxim
• asteism — use of creative, courteous, and well-mannered sarcasm or ridicule