repercussion

An often indirect effect, influence, or result that is produced by an event or action.

A recoil, rebounding, or reciprocal motion after impact.

A reflection, especially of sound.

The act of driving back; a rebounding or reflection; the throwing back of a moving body by another upon which it impinges; reverberation.

In music:

That tone in a Gregorian mode which is most frequently repeated; the dominant.

The reappearance of the subject and answer of a fugue in regular order after the general development with its episodes.

Any reiteration or repetition of a tone or chord.

In obstetrics, the impinging of the fetus upon the examining finger in the test for pregnancy known as ballottement.

In surgery, the force causing a contrafissure.