repercussion

Plural: repercussions

Noun

• a remote or indirect consequence of some action
  • "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"
• a movement back from an impact
• A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
• The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
• Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
• The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
• In 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.

Examples

• the repercussion of sound
• You realize this little stunt of yours is going to have some pretty serious repercussions.

Synonyms

backlash, rebound, recoil, reverberation, aftereffect, consequence