'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
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]
Synonyms of 'repercussion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aftermath,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- backfire,
- backlash,
- backlashing,
- backwash,
- boomerang,
- bounce,
- bound,
- cantando,
- carom,
- clashing,
- clout,
- collision,
- concussion,
- conflict,
- confutation,
- consequence,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrecoup,
- counteraction,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- crotchetiness,
- crunch,
- demilegato,
- dissent,
- echo,
- effect,
- execution,
- expression,
- fallout,
- fingering,
- force,
- friction,
- glissando,
- impact,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- interference,
- intonation,
- kick,
- kickback,
- legato,
- mark,
- mezzo staccato,
- music-making,
- nonconformity,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- outcome,
- parlando,
- percussion,
- performance,
- perverseness,
- pianism,
- pizzicato,
- print,
- reaction,
- rebound,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- reflex,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- renitency,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- resilience,
- resistance,
- response,
- result,
- reverberation,
- revolt,
- ricochet,
- rubato,
- shock,
- slur,
- smash,
- spiccato,
- spring,
- staccato,
- swimming upstream,
- touch,
- upshot