redounded

past tense of redound
as in resulted
formal to have a particular result
used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something
+ to
It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of redounded This has both saved lives and redounded enormously to our benefit economically, culturally, and socially. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redounded
performed
Verb
  • More recently, Little Feat’s music has been embraced and performed by a new generation of artists that includes Sierra Ferrell, Marcus King, Molly Tuttle and Shakey Graves.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Why Russia Is Expanding Gerbera Usage Many of the missions performed by the Gerbera over the past several months could also be performed by the Geran-2, Russia’s flagship long-range drone.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Redounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redounded. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

More from Merriam-Webster on redounded

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster