How to say "respond" in this sentence


What word to use to mean "respond" in the sentence below:

"You should respond to her confession" ー彼女の告白にお **返事** してください

Most accurate I can think of is **返事** but it still feels wrong




You can use 返事 and 返答. 答える is another possibility but it sometimes has a
nuance of _accepting_ , which you may not want. You can say 彼女の告白に返事をするべきです
for example. Note that ～してください means "please do ～", which is different from
"should ～".

