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Meaning of resile in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /rəˈzaɪl/

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  1. Verb

    resile

    Etymology

    early 16th century: from obsolete French resilir or Latin resilire‘to recoil’, from re-‘back’ + salire‘to jump’

    Definitions

    1. draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

    Examples

    • « The landlord cannot resile from the lease »
  2. 2. spring back

    Examples

    • « spring away from an impact »
    • « The rubber ball bounced »
    • « These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide »

    Derived terms

    • backlash
    • bounce
    • bounciness
    • bouncing
    • bound
    • carom
    • leap
    • leaping
    • rebound
    • recoil
    • repercussion
    • resilience
    • resiliency
    • ricochet
    • saltation
    • spring
  3. 3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

    Examples

    • « He retracted his earlier statements about his religion »
    • « She abjured her beliefs »

    Derived terms

    • abjuration
    • forgoing
    • forswearing
    • recantation
    • renunciation
    • retraction
  4. 4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

    Examples

    • « The rubber tubes resile »

    Derived terms

    • resilience
    • resiliency

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