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recoil

verb
  1. To jerk backward, as a gun upon firing: rebound. See forward
  2. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust: blench 1, cringe, flinch, quail, shrink, shy 1, start, wince. See approach, seek
noun
An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion: cringe, flinch, shrink, wince. See approach, seek

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