- an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread.
- the state of being driven back by a resisting body.
- a rebounding or recoil of something after impact.
- reverberation; echo.
- (in a fugue) the point after the development of an episode at which the subject and answer appear again.
- a result or consequence, esp one that is somewhat removed from the action or event which precipitated it
- a recoil after impact; a rebound
- a reflection, esp of sound; echo or reverberation
- the reappearance of a fugal subject and answer after an episode
