redound means A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.
redound is pronounced /ɹɪˈdaʊnd/.
Why “redound” is a great word
REDOUND — [Verb] To contribute to an advantage, disadvantage, or consequence that ultimately reflects back on the source. From Anglo-Norman redunder and Middle French redonder, from Latin redundāre ("to overflow"), from red- ("back, again") + undāre ("to surge, flow"), from unda ("a wave"). First attested in English in the late 14th century. Unlike "result," which denotes a direct outcome, or "contribute," which implies a one-way aid, "redound" carries the specific, tidal return of effect to cause. It is the patient's gratitude that flows back to the nurse, the corrosive shame that follows a public deceit, or the quiet, decades-later respect earned by a life of small integrities—every action sends out a wavelet, and the sea, in time, always brings it home.
noun
- A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.
verb
- To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).“For every dram of hony therein found / A pound of gall doth over it redound […].”
- To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.“The honour done to our religion ultimately redounds to God, the author of it.”
- To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.“I did not omit even our Sports and Paſtimes, or any other Particular which I thought might redound to the Honour of my Country.”
- To reverberate, to echo.
- To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.
- To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).“His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.”