Definition of recoil

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Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

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Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..
Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.
Recoilingly :: Recoilingly (adv.) In the manner of a recoil.
Recule :: Recule (v. i.) To recoil.
Recoiler :: Recoiler (n.) One who, or that which, recoils..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.
Recoiling :: Recoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recoi.
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..
Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood..
Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates..
Ugh :: Ugh (interj.) An exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. Its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder..
Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..
Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..
Resile :: Resile (v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
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..
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.
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