1. (v. i.) To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.

2. (v. i.) To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

3. (v. i.) To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.

4. (v. t.) To draw or go back.

5. (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.

6. (n.) The state or condition of having recoiled.

7. (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.

The Recoil of Judgments
... XII THE RECOIL OF JUDGMENTS. ... What he is in fact laying down in this passage is a
much profounder principle,"the principle of the recoil of judgments. ...
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Whether the Infusion of Grace is the First of the Things Required ...
... The remission of guilt, and the movement of the free will in recoil from sin, are
therefore naturally prior to the movement of the free will toward God, and ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article eight whether the infusion.htm

"What is Your Life?"
... It is clear, of course, that each of these views is the natural recoil from
the other. The mistake is that each has recoiled too far. ...
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Miracles of Destruction.
... If so"and it seems to me probable"how comes it that St John alone omits
the kiss"St John alone records the recoil? I repeat ...
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Love that Can Hate
... The force of our recoil from the bad will be measured by the firmness of our grasp
of the good; and yet, though inseparably connected, the one is apt to be ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/love that can hate.htm

'Strong Crying and Tears'
... great darkness? Reverently we may. That astonishment and distress no doubt
were partly due to the recoil of flesh from death. But if ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/strong crying and tears.htm

Christ and his Captors
... He emphasises that strange recoil of the would- be captors before Christ's majestic,
calm 'I am He'; that was a manifestation of Christ's glory. ...
/.../christ and his captors.htm

Whether a Movement of the Free Will against Sin is Required for ...
... of the free will. This movement of recoil and approach on the part of
the free will means abhorrence and yearning. Hence in his ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article five whether a movement.htm

The Cords of Sin
... The recoil of the gun on the shoulder of him who fired it is certain, whether
the cartridge that flew from its muzzle wounded anything or not. ...
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Pythagoras Taught, Accordingly, that He had Himself Been ...
... And this scandal, you say, will recoil upon my own head, because it is I who by
replying have provoked you to the madness of writing when you are a man of ...
/.../40 pythagoras taught accordingly that.htm

Recoil (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vt) To draw or go back. 5. (n.) A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking;
as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood. ...Recoil (1 Occurrence). ...
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Kick (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc. ... 7. (n.) The recoil of a musket
or other firearm, when discharged. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. KICK. ...
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Shrink (10 Occurrences)
... compacted. 2. (vi) To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action
from fear; to recoil, as in fear, horror, or distress. 3 ...
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Recognizing (10 Occurrences)

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Jotham (26 Occurrences)
... There came a recoil in the feelings of the people toward Abimelech, and then a terrible
revenge, in which many were slain and the city of Shechem was destroyed ...
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Recoils (2 Occurrences)

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Shocking (3 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Shock. 2. (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially,
causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting. ...
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Shock (6 Occurrences)
... violence. 10. (v.) To strike with surprise, terror, horror, or disgust; to
cause to recoil; as, his violence shocked his associates. 11. ...
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Epistles (2 Occurrences)
... in constant fellowship with the greatest thoughts and is nourished at the eternal
fountain-head; but also the fervent indignation and vehement recoil of such a ...
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Predestination
... Such an ethical sovereignty we hold to be necessary, over against that lax humanitarian
spirit, which, in its recoil from the older Calvinism, invests the ...
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