Found 2 items, similar to repercussion.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: repercussion repercussion n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; “his declaration had unforeseen repercussions”; “reverberations of the market crash were felt years later” [syn: reverberation] 2: a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, rebound, backlash]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Repercussion 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]