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1. (n.) repercussion
an effect or result of some previous action or event.
2. repercussion
a rebounding or recoil after impact.
3. repercussion
reverberation; echo.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < L repercussiō rebounding =repercut(ere) to strike back +-tiō -tion . See re -, percussion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) repercussion, reverberation
a remote or indirect consequence of some action
"his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"
2. (noun) recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
a movement back from an impact
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1. (noun) repercussion
the act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound
2. (noun) repercussion
rapid reiteration of the same sound
3. (noun) repercussion
the subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent
4. (noun) repercussion
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
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