n. A consequence or ensuing result of some action.n. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.n. Rapid reiteration of the same sound.n. The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.n. 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.