Definition of Reaction

Noun

  • doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like
    "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
  • extreme conservatism in political or social matters
    "the forces of reaction carried the election"
  • a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
    "he was pleased by the audience's reaction to his performance"
    "John feared his mother's reaction when she saw the broken lamp"
  • (mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
    "every action has an equal and opposite reaction"
  • a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
    "a bad reaction to the medicine"
    "his responses have slowed with age"
  • an idea evoked by some experience
    "his reaction to the news was to start planning what to do"
  • (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
    "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
    - chemical reaction
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Unscramble reaction

400 unscramble word found using the letters reaction.
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