Associations to the word «Repercussion»
Noun
Adjective
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
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.