'Repercussion' definitions:

Definition of 'repercussion'

From: WordNet
noun
A remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" [syn: repercussion, reverberation]
noun
A movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash]

Definition of 'Repercussion'

From: GCIDE
  • Repercussion \Re`per*cus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio: cf. F. r['e]percussion.]
  • 1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. [1913 Webster]
  • Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --Hare. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger. [1913 Webster]

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