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Resile Common

Resile has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

2

spring back; spring away from an impact

"The rubber ball bounced"

"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

3

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"

"She abjured her beliefs"

4

return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

"The rubber tubes resile"

5

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

Example Sentences
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease" verb
"The rubber ball bounced" verb
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" verb
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" verb
"She abjured her beliefs" verb
"The rubber tubes resile" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
chicken out jump disown revert
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
kick back skip carom

Origin

The word comes from the Middle French resiler, which was borrowed from the Latin resiliō. In its original Latin form, it meant "to spring back," combining a prefix meaning "back" with a root meaning "to jump."

Rhyming Words
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