recoil

nouns

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
kick, recoil
a movement back from an impact
backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion

verbs

draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
"Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
backfire, backlash, recoil
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
"The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
kick, kick back, recoil