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resile

re·sile

UK/ɹɪˈzaɪl/ US/ɹəˈzaɪl/ uncommon

verb

1.

draw back 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”
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3.

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

  • “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”
  • “She abjured her beliefs”
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4.

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

  • “The rubber tubes resile”

Origin

From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”).

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