0 past simple and past participle of recoil --
1 to move back because of fear or disgust (= dislike or disapproval): --
The motion in that case recoiled upon them.
The enemy had recoiled from nothing, because they had lost their cohesion in the advance.
There is the wastage which has gone on in the industry and which has not recoiled to the benefit of the workers.
Consequently, of course, they have recoiled from it.
Many of us who saw that headline recoiled in horror at the language used by our most popular tabloid newspaper.
They recoiled from the idea of a salaried service, and so did not think in terms of amenities or conditions of service.
Some of us recoiled from the obvious conviction of his arguments, because we thought that he was pleading too much.
Taylor says that she understood it, and recoiled from it.
