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Antonyms for re percussion
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ree-per-kuhsh-uh n, rep-er- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌri pərˈkʌʃ ən, ˌrɛp ər- |
- beginning
- cause
- commencement
- difference
- failure
- foundation
- impotence
- incapacity
- inception
- inferiority
- initiation
- insignificance
- introduction
- loss
- opening
- opposite
- origin
- powerlessness
- question
- request
- reverse
- rise
- source
- start
- subordination
- triviality
- unfulfillment
- unimportance
- weakness
- worthlessness
Definition of re percussion
Origin :- early 15c., "act of driving back," from Middle French répercussion (14c.) or directly from Latin repercusionem (nominative repercussio), from past participle stem of repercutere "to strike or beat back; shine back, reflect; echo," from re- "back" (see re-) + percutere "to strike or thrust through" (see percussion). Meaning "reverberation, echo" first recorded 1590s; the metaphoric extension is recorded from 1620s.
- As in influence : noun power, authority
- As in reaction : noun response
- As in backlash : noun adverse reaction
- As in repercussion : noun consequence
- As in result : noun effect brought about by something
- As in reverberation : noun vibration
- As in by-product : noun side product
- As in materialization : noun effect
- As in resultant : noun effect
- As in sequent : noun effect
- As in consequence : noun result, outcome of action
- As in echo : noun repeat, copy
- As in effect : noun result
- As in harvest : noun crops; taking in of crops
- As in impact : noun effect
Synonyms for re percussion
- access
- acknowledgment
- actualization
- after-effect
- aftereffect
- aftermath
- agency
- answer
- arrangement
- ascendancy
- attitude
- autumn
- back talk
- backfire
- backlash
- backwash
- being
- boomerang
- bottom line
- brunt
- burden
- by-product
- can of worms
- causatum
- chain reaction
- character
- close
- clout
- comeback
- command
- compensation
- completion
- conclusion
- connections
- consequence
- consequences
- consummation
- control
- corollary
- counteraction
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- creature
- credit
- crop
- cropping
- decision
- denouement
- determination
- development
- direction
- domination
- dominion
- double-take
- drag
- echo
- effect
- emanation
- end
- end product
- ensual
- esteem
- event
- eventuality
- execution
- fall
- fall-out
- fallout
- fame
- feedback
- feeling
- finish
- fix
- flak
- follow through
- follow-through
- follow-up
- force
- fruit
- fruitage
- fruition
- full force
- garnering
- gathering
- grease
- guidance
- harvest
- harvest-time
- harvesting
- hit
- hold
- imitation
- impact
- importance
- impression
- imprint
- in
- influence
- ingathering
- intake
- issue
- juice
- kick
- kickback
- knee-jerk
- leadership
- leverage
- lip
- magnetism
- mark
- meaning
- mirror
- mirror image
- moment
- money
- monopoly
- network
- notoriety
- offshoot
- onomatopoeia
- opinion
- outcome
- outcropping
- outgrowth
- output
- parallel
- parroting
- payback
- payoff
- power
- precipitate
- predominance
- prerogative
- pressure
- prestige
- proceeds
- produce
- product
- production
- prominence
- pull
- pursuance
- ramification
- re-echo
- reaction
- reagency
- realization
- reaping
- rebound
- reception
- receptivity
- reciprocation
- recoil
- reflection
- reflex
- reiteration
- rejoinder
- repercussion
- repetition
- reply
- reproduction
- reputation
- resentment
- resistance
- response
- result
- resultant
- retaliation
- retort
- retroaction
- return
- returns
- reverberation
- revulsion
- ringing
- ropes
- rubber stamp
- rule
- sass
- season
- sequel
- sequence
- sequent
- settlement
- side effect
- significance
- snappy comeback
- spell
- spin-off
- spinoff
- storing
- summer
- supremacy
- sway
- take
- tangle
- termination
- thrust
- upshot
- vibes
- waves
- weight
- wisecrack
- yield
- yielding
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