repercussion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a remote or indirect consequence of some action
    reverberation.
    • his declaration had unforeseen repercussions
    • reverberations of the market crash were felt years later
  2. noun a movement back from an impact
    rebound; recoil; backlash.

WordNet

Re`per*cus"sion noun
Etymology
L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.
Definitions
  1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
    Ever echoing back in endless repercussion. Hare.
  2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
  3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
  4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

Webster 1913