Meanings
plural repercussions
- countableuncountableA consequence or ensuing result of some action.
You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.
Synonyms: aftereffect, consequence
- countableuncountableThe act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
the repercussion of sound
1 more example
Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
1846, Julius Hare, The Mission of the Comforter - countableuncountableentertainmentRapid reiteration of the same sound.
- countableuncountablemedicineThe subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
- countablehistoricaluncountablemedicineIn a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA consequence or ensuing result of some action.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna remote or indirect consequence of some action
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinrepercussio“rebounding; repercussion”
- Middle Frenchrépercussion
- Englishrepercussion
From Middle French répercussion, from Latin repercussio (“rebounding; repercussion”), from repercutio (“cause to rebound, reflect, strike against”), from re- + percutio (“beat, strike”), from per- (“thoroughly”) + quatio (“shake”).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أَثَّر, تَدَاعِي
- أَثَّر (ʔaṯṯar)consequence, result of action
- تَدَاعِي (tadāʕī)consequence, result of action
Bulgarian последица, отзвук
- последица (posledica)consequence, result of action
- отзвук (otzvuk)act of driving back, or the state of being driven back
Catalan conseqüència
- conseqüènciaconsequence, result of action
Chinese Mandarin 後果 /后果, 連帶影響 /连带影响
- 後果 /后果 (hòuguǒ)consequence, result of action
- 連帶影響 /连带影响consequence, result of action
Czech dopad, následek
- dopadconsequence, result of action
- následekconsequence, result of action
Danish eftervirkning, konsekvens
- eftervirkningconsequence, result of action
- konsekvensconsequence, result of action
- følgeconsequence, result of action
Finnish jälkiseuraus, seuraus
- jälkiseurausconsequence, result of action
- seurausconsequence, result of action
- reperkussiomusic: rapid reiteration of the same sound
French conséquence, répercussion
- conséquenceconsequence, result of action
- répercussionconsequence, result of action
German Echo, Widerhall
- Echoconsequence, result of action
- Widerhallconsequence, result of action
- Auswirkungconsequence, result of action
- Nachwirkungconsequence, result of action
- Rückwirkungconsequence, result of action
Greek αντίκτυπος, επίπτωση
- αντίκτυπος (antíktypos)consequence, result of action
- επίπτωση (epíptosi)consequence, result of action
Icelandic eftirmál, eftirköst
- eftirmálconsequence, result of action
- eftirköstconsequence, result of action
Italian conseguenza, ripercussione
- conseguenzaconsequence, result of action
- ripercussioneconsequence, result of action
Latin repercussio
- repercussioconsequence, result of action
Māori whakarara
- whakararaconsequence, result of action
Norwegian Bokmål etterdønning
- etterdønningconsequence, result of action
Polish reperkusja
- reperkusjaconsequence, result of action
Portuguese repercussão
- repercussãoconsequence, result of action
Russian после́дствие
- после́дствие (poslédstvije)consequence, result of action
Spanish consecuencia
- consecuenciaconsequence, result of action
Swedish återverkan
- återverkanconsequence, result of action
Turkish yankı, yansıma
- yankıconsequence, result of action
- yansımaconsequence, result of action
- etkiconsequence, result of action
- tesirconsequence, result of action
Cite this entry
repercussion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repercussion
“repercussion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repercussion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repercussion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repercussion.
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