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rebound

('r/i/,b/AU/nd )

a movement back from an impact(noun.event)

Synonym:
backlash, recoil, repercussion

source: wordnet30
a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration(noun.act)

Example:
He is still on the rebound from his wife's death.

source: wordnet30
the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
The act of rebounding; resilience.(noun)

source: webster1913

spring back; spring away from an impact(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

source: wordnet30
return to a former condition(verb.change)

Synonym:
rally

source: wordnet30
To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.(verb)

source: webster1913
To send back; to reverberate.(verb)

source: webster1913

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