All 4 Uses of "recoil" in "Macbeth"

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All 4 Uses

recoil
in
Macbeth
(Edited)

A good and virtuous nature may recoil
In an imperial charge.
p. 141.2 *
A good and virtuous nature may recoil
In an imperial charge.
p. 156.8 *
Who, then, shall blame
His pestered senses to recoil and start,
When all that is within him does condemn
Itself for being there?
p. 167.8
Who, then, shall blame
His pestered senses to recoil and start,
When all that is within him does condemn
Itself for being there?
p. 188.1

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(1) (recoil)
to move backward suddenly (sometimes figuratively)
especially:
- the backward jerk of a gun or cannon when it is fired
- when a person flinches (suddenly draws back) from someone or something, as with fear, disgust, or pain
- when a person is emotionally repulsed, as by disgust
- when something intended to go in one direction figuratively falls back in the opposite direction; for example, a story told to hurt someone that comes back to hurt the teller
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)