REDOUNDED Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

redounded

verb

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.

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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

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performed

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Two experienced military observers described a silent craft that performed abrupt maneuvers before disappearing.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Previously, Los Tigres del Norte performed at Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s final rally before Election Day in 2024.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026

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