outlash

English

Etymology

out- +‎ lash

Noun

outlash (plural outlashes)

1. The act of somebody lashing out.
   • George Eliot

     We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment, but a room is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance.

Anagrams

• lash out