[ree-per-kuhsh-uh
n, rep-er-] 
| 1. | an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread. |
| 2. | the state of being driven back by a resisting body. |
| 3. | a rebounding or recoil of something after impact. |
| 4. | reverberation; echo. |
| 5. | Music. (in a fugue) the point after the development of an episode at which the subject and answer appear again. |
| re·per·cus·sion (rē'pər-kŭsh'ən, rěp'ər-) n.
[Middle English repercussioun, from Old French repercussion, from Latin repercussiō, repercussiōn-, from repercussus, past participle of repercutere, to cause to rebound : re-, re- + percutere, to strike; see percuss.] re'per·cus'sive adj. |