Recoil

1. The state or condition of having recoiled.
2. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as, the recoil of nature, or of the blood.
3. Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged.
4. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
5. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink.
6. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
7. To draw or go back.