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

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

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..

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

Recoil :: Recoil (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return..

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

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

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

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

Shrink :: Shrink (v. i.) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress..

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

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.

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

Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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