repercussion
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6.9
- noun
- /ˌriːpərˈkʌʃən/
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rebote
- The stone hit the water, creating a beautiful ripple effect as a repercussion of the impact.
Examples
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The repercussion is that experts in linguistics and ethnography are necessary for gathering and evaluating meta-knowledge about discourse, which can then be taught formally to students alongside methods of analysis.
Academic text (2015) -
But having said that, after being on a drug for so long, there would have to be some sort of repercussion.
Blog text (5) -
As well, people need to feel safe and trusted to understand that they can speak freely without fear of repercussion.
Blog text (19) -
Hollow repercussions followed another blast.
Fiction book (2001) -
Mr. Graves-Pryor is wrong to assume that expressing viewpoints that attract vitriolic attacks is an opinion held "without repercussion."
Blog text (9) -
The biggest shame is that Elizabeth Myers was able to print and place on the radio a blatant lie about the moving of Newport Grand, and the only repercussion is that people will lose their jobs and Newport will lose tax dollars.
Blog text (17) -
In my experience with scholarly publishing, I'd say that authors can complain a lot to the publisher without repercussion; the author also has far more freedom to switch to another publisher if they don't like their current one, though.
Blog text (21) -
When the car crashed into the wall, the repercussion was that it caused a chain reaction of events.
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The coach's decision had a serious repercussion on the team's morale after losing the game.
Synonyms
18
1.6
Movement of an object hitting a surface and coming back up
16
6.3
A sudden backward movement after a strong hit or when a gun is fired
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3.3
A sudden move back after hitting something
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3.0
The movement of a ball or object after it hits a surface and comes back
2
7.0
A sudden backward movement in a machine part after an impact
The return of light, sound, or heat from a surface, for example an image in a mirror
A return of waves or signals toward the place they came from
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
repercussion = repercuss (semi-transparent) = re + percuss + ion
Given the verb 'repercuss', the noun 'repercussion' is a regular action-or-result nominalization.
Etymology
Repercussion comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and percuss, the same root as percussion, meaning 'to strike' or 'hit'. So a physical repercussion is like a 'strike back', a rebound or bounce after an impact.