Associations to the word «Repercussion»

Wiktionary

REPERCUSSION, noun. A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
REPERCUSSION, noun. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
REPERCUSSION, noun. (music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
REPERCUSSION, noun. (medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
REPERCUSSION, noun. (obstetrics) 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.

Dictionary definition

REPERCUSSION, noun. A remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later".
REPERCUSSION, noun. A movement back from an impact.

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy