repercussion
10 synonyms for repercussion, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A bad result of an action or event, usually one that arrives later and indirectly. Usually plural.
Synonyms
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Rare, literary or technical
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A bad result of an action or event, usually one that arrives later and indirectly. Usually plural.
“Nobody thought through the repercussions of closing the only bank in town.”
2. noun formal or technical
An echo or reverberation of sound; the act of striking back.
“The repercussion of the shot rolled around the valley.”
How to use repercussion
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Neutral to formal. Almost always negative — you would not normally speak of happy repercussions.
Etymology
From Latin repercussio, from repercutere 'to strike back', from re- 'back' plus percutere 'to strike'.
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