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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

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