Definition of "redound" in English

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell up (of water, waves etc.); to overflow, to surge (of bodily fluids).

2. (intransitive) To contribute to an advantage or disadvantage for someone or something.

3. (intransitive) To contribute to the honour, shame etc. of a person or organisation.

4. (intransitive) To reverberate, to echo.

5. (transitive) To reflect (honour, shame etc.) to or onto someone.

6. (intransitive) To attach, come back, accrue to someone; to reflect back on or upon someone (of honour, shame etc.).

   • His infamous behaviour only redounded back upon him when he was caught.

7. (intransitive) To arise from or out of something.

8. (intransitive, of a wave, flood, etc.) To roll back; to be sent or driven back.

noun

1. A coming back, as an effect or consequence; a return.