Repercussion

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.

a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"

a movement back from an impact