repercussion

Noun

Meaning

The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.

Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consequence recoil backlash rebound reverberation aftereffect mark echo ricochet result end effect influence response fruit
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Antonyms

foundation cause source beginning reason start
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Hypernyms

result effect movement event issue motion

Hyponyms

ricochet bounce resilience bouncing carom resiliency

Examples

Seeing someone in the position of James Clapper - the Director of National Intelligence - baldly lying to the public without repercussion is the evidence of a subverted democracy. The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed. Edward Snowden

It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. Eugenio Montale

his declaration had unforeseen repercussions Source: Internet

reverberations of the market crash were felt years later Source: Internet

Firing them, as President Napolitano promised, is tantamount to deportation — a cruel repercussion that the students strikers were quick to point out. Source: Internet

Iron Man was shocked by the Skrull corpse, realizing it to be a repercussion of the Illuminati's attack years prior. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

repercolate repercolation repercuss repercussional repercussionary repercussionless