1. Noun
Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
2. Noun
Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
3. Verb
To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
4. Noun
an instance of driving away or warding off
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