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repercussion

UK/ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/US/ˌɹi.pɚˈkʌʃ.ən/

repercussion noun: a consequence or ensuing result of some action.

Noun

repercussion (countable and uncountable, plural repercussions)

  1. A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
    • You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
  2. 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
  3. Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
  4. The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
  5. (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.

repercussion meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

repercussion in Tamil

எதிர்விளைவு

repercussion in Urdu

گونج, انعکاس, نتیجہ

repercussion in Bengali

প্রতিক্রিয়া, পরোক্ষ প্রভাব

repercussion in Malayalam

മാറ്റൊലി, പ്രത്യാഘാതം, തിരിച്ചടി, അനന്തരഫലം
More languagesFewer languages
repercussion in Kannada
ಮಾರುಲಿ, ಹೊಳಲು, ಮಾರೆಸಕ, ಪರೋಕ್ಷ ಪರಿಣಾಮ
repercussion in Arabic
أَثَّر ʔaṯṯar, تَدَاعِي tadāʕī

Examples of repercussion in a sentence

  • A decision to go nuclear has important adverse diplomatic repercussions as well.
  • A second repercussion of Austin’s grant was that it prompted others, mainly entrepreneurial St.
  • Philadelphia in '53 had repercussions because they couldn't have anything resembling dancing or music.

All 23 example sentences with repercussion

Synonyms of repercussion

Forms of repercussion

pluralrepercussions

Origin of repercussion

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”).

Words formed from repercussion

Questions about repercussion

What does repercussion mean?
Repercussion means a consequence or ensuing result of some action.
What is repercussion in Tamil?
Repercussion in Tamil is எதிர்விளைவு. See Repercussion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is repercussion?
Repercussion is a noun.
How do you pronounce repercussion?
Repercussion is pronounced /ˌɹiː.pəˈkʌʃ.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of repercussion?
The plural of repercussion is repercussions.

Words near repercussion in the dictionary

  1. repercolations
  2. repercuss
  3. repercussed
  4. repercusses
  5. repercussing
  6. repercussion
  7. repercussional
  8. repercussionary
  9. repercussionless
  10. repercussions
  11. repercussive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repercussion (page history and authors); repercussion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repercussion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repercussion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repercussion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); repercussion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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