Antonyms for re-action

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ree-ak-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : riˈæk ʃən

Definition of re-action

Origin : "action in resistance or response to another action or power," 1610s, from re- "again, anew" + action (q.v.). Modeled on French réaction, older Italian reattione, from Medieval Latin reactionem (nominative reactio), noun of action formed in Late Latin from past participle stem of Latin reagere "react," from re- "back" + agere "to do, act" (see act (v.)).
Originally scientific; physiological sense is attested from 1805; psychological sense first recorded 1887; general sense of "action or feeling in response" (to a statement, event, etc.) is recorded from 1914. Reaction time, "time elapsing between the action of an external stimulus and the giving of a signal in reply," attested by 1874.

As in impression : noun influence
As in opinion : noun belief
As in outcome : noun consequence, effect
As in attitude : noun mental outlook
As in reaction : noun response
As in reaction : noun political conservativism
As in reception : noun acceptance; acknowledgment
As in backlash : noun adverse reaction
As in repercussion : noun consequence
As in reply : noun answer
As in result : noun effect brought about by something
As in return : noun coming again
As in side effect : noun adverse or unwanted secondary effect
As in acknowledgment : noun physical symbol of recognition
As in action : noun something done
As in materialization : noun effect
As in resultant : noun effect
As in retroaction : noun response
As in sequent : noun effect
As in consequence : noun result, outcome of action
As in effect : noun result
As in energy : noun generated power
As in feedback : noun response
As in feeling : noun sensation, especially of touch
As in feeling : noun idea, impression
As in feeling : noun a state of mind, often strong

Example sentences :

The father was almost faint with the re-action from his address.
Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon

It is a re-action from the burden of a rigid law, and a wearisome ritual.
Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell

It is the main lesson which the re-action of 1849 has been overruled to teach.
Extract from : « Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber » by James Aitken Wylie

By these means he judges of their powers of re-action, and prescribes accordingly.
Extract from : « Every Man his own Doctor » by R. T. Claridge

Stirrers-up of mischief, they deny the right of its re-action on themselves.
Extract from : « Abolition a Sedition » by Geo. W. Donohue

Earthquakes, it is well known, proceed by action and re-action.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. » by Various

But he watched her after that, not that he was afraid of her, but because her re-action as a woman was important.
Extract from : « A Poor Wise Man » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Attack is the re-action; I never think I have hit hard, unless it rebounds.'
Extract from : « Life of Johnson » by James Boswell

Ah, you can't imagine the re-action from such disappointments!
Extract from : « Read-Aloud Plays » by Horace Holley

Theirs was, moreover, that sudden gaiety which comes from re-action.
Extract from : « The Isle of Unrest » by Henry Seton Merriman

Synonyms for re-action

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