resile

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resile Definition

• (v) draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
• (v) spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
• (v) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
• (v) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"

resile Synonyms

• abjure
• bounce
• bound
• forswear
• rebound
• recant
• recoil
• resile
• retract
• reverberate
• ricochet
• spring
• take a hop