repercussion

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: re=per=cus=sion

CIDE DICTIONARY

repercussion, n. [L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.].

•  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."  [1913 Webster]
•  Rapid reiteration of the same sound.  [1913 Webster]
•  The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.  Dunglison.  [1913 Webster]
•  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

repercussion, n.
1 (often foll. by of) an indirect effect or reaction following an event or action (consider the repercussions of moving).
2 the recoil after impact.
3 an echo or reverberation.

Derivative

repercussive adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF repercussion or L repercussio (as RE-, PERCUSSION)

THESAURUS

repercussion

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

ROGET THESAURUS

repercussion

Recoil

N recoil, reaction, retroaction, revulsion, bounce, rebound, ricochet, repercussion, recalcitration, kick, contrecoup, springing back, elasticity, reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux, reverberation, rebuff, repulse, return, ducks and drakes, boomerang, spring, reactionist, elastic collision, coefficient of restitution, recoiling, refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary, retroactive, on the rebound, on the recoil, for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction.