Respond means to answer. It can be a response to a demand, an answer to a question, but it is always an answer or counter demand.

"I have the right to respond to the question the way I see fit."

"The witness did not respond to the question immediately, so the lawyer asked again."

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If the respondent does not respond to a dissolution of marriage within a certain amount of time, the defendant will most likely get everything they want. The judge will award the defendant with everything they are asking for because the respondent is not there to tell their side of the story or to argue with what the defendant has put in the agreement.