[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rebound \rebound"\, v. t.
   to send back; to reverberate.
   1913 webster

         silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound. --dryden.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rebound \rebound"\, n.
   1. the act of rebounding; resilience.
      1913 webster

            flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or
      disappointment.
      pjc

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rebound \rebound"\ r-ebound", v. i. pref. re- + bound:
   cf. f. rebondir.
   1. to spring back; to start back; to be sent back or
      reverberated by elastic force on collision with another
      body; as, a rebounding echo.
      1913 webster

            bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to
            be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one
            another.                              --sir i.
                                                  newton.
      1913 webster

   2. to give back an echo. r. --t. warton.
      1913 webster

   3. to bound again or repeatedly, as a horse. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. to recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or
      disappointment.
      pjc

   rebounding lock firearms, one in which the hammer
      rebounds to half cock after striking the cap or primer.
      1913 webster
see also:
rebounding lock 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rebound
     n 1: a movement back from an impact syn: recoil, repercussion,
           backlash
     2: a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is
        still on the rebound from his wife's death"
     3: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball
        after a missed shot
     v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "the rubber ball
          bounced"; "these particles do not resile but they unite
          after they collide" syn: bounce, resile, take a
          hop, spring, bound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
     2: return to a former condition; "the jilted lover soon rallied
        and found new friends"; "the stock market rallied" syn: rally
see also:
recoil repercussion backlash bounce resile take a hop 
spring bound reverberate ricochet rally 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

76 moby thesaurus words for "rebound":
   adaptability, backfire, backlash, backlashing, be reflected,
   be sent back, boom, boomerang, booming, bounce, bounce back,
   bounciness, bound, bound back, buoyance, buoyancy, cannon,
   cannon off, carom, comeback, contrecoup, echo, echo back,
   elasticity, extensibility, flexibility, fly back, give, growl,
   growling, grumble, grumbling, have repercussions, kick, kick back,
   kickback, lash back, liveliness, reboation, rebuff, recalcitrate,
   recalcitration, recoil, reecho, reflex, repercuss, repercussion,
   repulse, resile, resilience, resiliency, resound, resounding,
   responsiveness, return, reverberate, reverberation, ricochet, roll,
   rumble, rumbling, send back, snap, snap back, sound, spring,
   spring back, springiness, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness,
   thunder, thundering, tone, tonicity, tonus

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