Noah Webster's Dictionary 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Recoil (1 Occurrence) Psalms 54:5 He will repay the evil to my enemies. Destroy them in your truth. (See NIV)