noun
- A movement back from an impact.
- synonyms: recoil, repercussion, backlash
- A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration.
- usage: "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"
- The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.
verb
- Provide with a new binding.
- usage: "The tattered old book is valuable and we need to rebind it"
- synonyms: rebind
- Spring back; spring away from an impact.
- usage: "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- synonyms: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
- Return to a former condition.
- usage: "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"
- synonyms: rally
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