Home › Words › R › recussionrecussionrecussion means the act of beating or striking back.EtymologyFrom Latin recutire, recussum (“to beat back”), from re- (“re-”) + quatere (“to shake”).nounThe act of beating or striking back.e.g.“Neither the recussion, nor the retrocession of the sea, were as violent as might have been expected.” — 1824 April, F. Place, “Account of the Earthquake in Chili, in November, 1822, from Observations made by several Englishmen residing in that Country”, in Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and tThe cancellation of all or part of a judgment.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.repercuss 72% match — To drive or beat back. vs recussion →recurrency 69% match — The act or process of recurring; recurrence. vs recussion →repercussive 67% match — Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate. vs recussion →recurrence 67% match — Return or reversion to a certain state. vs recussion →repercussiveness 65% match — The quality of being repercussive. vs recussion →repercussionary 63% match — Of or relating to a repercussion. vs recussion →rebounding 63% match — The act of something that rebounds. vs recussion →reprise 62% match — A recurrence or resumption of an action. vs recussion →