Repercussion

Definition:

  • (n.) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
  • (n.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
  • (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare repercussion with other words:

outcome vs. repercussion

repercussion vs. reprisal

backlash vs. repercussion

afterclap vs. repercussion

drawback vs. repercussion

punishment vs. repercussion

aftereffect vs. repercussion

foetus vs. repercussion

repercussion vs. wall

repercussion vs. uterine

impart vs. repercussion

examination vs. repercussion

repercussion vs. vaginal

repellent vs. repercussion

eruption vs. repercussion

repercussion vs. tumour

repercussion vs. subsidence

repercussion vs. sound

reiteration vs. repercussion

repercussion vs. reverberation

repercussion vs. result

ensuing vs. repercussion

reflection vs. repercussion

fallout vs. repercussion

consequence vs. repercussion