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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..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Stram :: Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence.

Reculement :: Reculement (n.) Recoil.

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

Recoilment :: Recoilment (n.) Recoil.

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

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

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.

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

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

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

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