repercussions
Meaning
plural of repercussion
repercussion
- (countable, uncountable) A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
- (countable, uncountable) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
- (countable, uncountable) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
- (countable, historical, uncountable) 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.
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