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repercussions

repercussions is the plural of repercussion.

Meaning of repercussion

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
  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.

Questions about repercussions

What is repercussions the plural of?
Repercussions is the plural of repercussion.

Words near repercussions in the dictionary

  1. repercussing
  2. repercussion
  3. repercussional
  4. repercussionary
  5. repercussionless
  6. repercussions
  7. repercussive
  8. repercussively
  9. repercussiveness
  10. repercussives
  11. reperesentative

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