Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

277. Recoil — N. recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce,

rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration†; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back &c v.; elasticity &c 325; reflection, reflexion [Brit.], reflex, reflux; reverberation &c (resonance) 408; rebuff, repulse; return. ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist†. elastic collision, coefficient of restitution. V. recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate, repercuss†, recalcitrate†; echo, ricochet. Adj. recoiling &c v.; refluent†, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary; retroactive. Adv. on the rebound, on the recoil &c n.. Phr. for every action there is a reaction, equal in force and opposite in direction [Newton].