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

repercussion \re`percus"sion\ -k?sh"?n, n. l. repercussio:
   cf. f. r'epercussion.
   1. the act of driving back, or the state of being driven
      back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of
      sound.
      1913 webster

            ever echoing back in endless repercussion. --hare.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. rapid reiteration of the same sound.
      1913 webster

   3. med. the subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action
      of a repellent. --dunglison.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

repercussion
     n 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his
          declaration had unforeseen repercussions";
          "reverberations of the market crash were felt years
          later" syn: reverberation
     2: a movement back from an impact syn: recoil, rebound, backlash
see also:
reverberation recoil rebound backlash 

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

94 moby thesaurus words for "repercussion":
   aftermath, antagonism, antipathy, backfire, backlash, backlashing,
   backwash, boomerang, bounce, bound, cantando, carom, clashing,
   clout, collision, concussion, conflict, confutation, consequence,
   contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrecoup,
   counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, crankiness,
   crotchetiness, crunch, demilegato, dissent, echo, effect,
   execution, expression, fallout, fingering, force, friction,
   glissando, impact, impress, impression, imprint, interference,
   intonation, kick, kickback, legato, mark, mezzo staccato,
   music-making, nonconformity, opposition, opposure, oppugnance,
   oppugnancy, outcome, parlando, percussion, performance,
   perverseness, pianism, pizzicato, print, reaction, rebound, rebuff,
   recalcitrance, recalcitration, recoil, reflex, rendering,
   rendition, renitency, repugnance, repulse, resilience, resistance,
   response, result, reverberation, revolt, ricochet, rubato, shock,
   slur, smash, spiccato, spring, staccato, swimming upstream, touch,
   upshot

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