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repulsion collapse: the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand; the force by which bodies repel one another

backlash collapse: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

resilience collapse: the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit; an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

boomerang collapse: a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower; return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

kickback collapse: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

rebound collapse: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot; a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"

defiance collapse: a defiant act; intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; a hostile challenge

repercussion collapse: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"

unruliness collapse: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

carom collapse: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; make a carom; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"

reluctance collapse: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"; (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

passive resistance collapse: peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

objection collapse: (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality; the speech act of objecting

demur collapse: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings; take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"; enter a demurrer

stubbornness collapse: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires; the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

recoil collapse: a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

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