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

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink..

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..

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

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

Shrink :: Shrink (n.) The act shrinking; shrinkage; contraction; also, recoil; withdrawal..

Kick :: Kick (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc..

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

Recule :: Recule (v. i.) To recoil.

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

Recoil :: Recoil (v. t.) To draw or go back.

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

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

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

Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..

Breeching :: Breeching (n.) A strong rope rove through the cascabel of a cannon and secured to ringbolts in the ship's side, to limit the recoil of the gun when it is discharged..

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

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

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

Rejolt :: Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.

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