rebound

Noun

• the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot

• a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
  • he is still on the rebound from his wife's death
    

• a movement back from an impact

Verb

• return to a former condition
  • The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends
    
  • The stock market rallied
    

• spring back; spring away from an impact
  • The rubber ball bounced
    
  • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  recoil , repercussion , backlash , rally , bounce , resile , take a hop , spring , bound , reverberate , ricochet