A respond is a half-pier or half-pillar which is bonded into a wall and designed to carry the springer at one end of an arch.

Respond! is a housing association founded in Waterford, Ireland in the 1980s, by the Franciscan community there. Its mission was to provide housing for those with limited means such as young families and older persons. To date it has build over 5500 houses around Ireland, and is Ireland's Largest not-for-profit Housing Association. The association has its headquarters in Waterford but regional centres in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Dublin. Respond was responsible for various housing developments in Ennis, Waterford, Wexford and Youghal.