Thesaurus: repercussion

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1. n. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
2. n. Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. n. The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
4. 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.
5. n. a remote or indirect consequence of some action
6. n. a movement back from an impact
7. 1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound. Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. Hare. 2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound. 3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison. 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.
8. n:100 n. a remote or indirect consequence of some action