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redounding

present participle of redound
as in resulting
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
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It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis.

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resulting
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  • These incidents are most often natural, resulting from heart attacks or medical emergencies, but more rarely can be the result of accidents, suicide or violence.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Redounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redounding. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.

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