repercussion
nounUK /ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/ · CA, US /ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/
Etymology From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”).
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
- You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
- the repercussion of sound
- Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter:
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
Medicine, Sciences The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Medicine, Obstetrics, Sciences Historical In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
- Synonyms
- aftereffect, consequence
- Derived terms
- repercussionless