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Meaning of 'repercussion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Repercussion [ n.]
- The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
- Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
- The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
- 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.

Meaning of 'repercussion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . repercussion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a remote or indirect consequence of some action
Example in sentence:
  • his declaration had unforeseen repercussions;
  • reverberations of the market crash were felt years later

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