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Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.

Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To retire; to recoil.

Recoiler :: Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils..

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..

Benthamism :: Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions..

Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.

Irresilient :: Irresilient (a.) Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) In breech-loading firearms, the block behind the barrel which receives the pressure due to recoil..

Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..

Counterbuff :: Counterbuff (n.) A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..

Dead-stroke :: Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..

Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.

Recoiled :: Recoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Recoi.

Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.

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