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resile::verb | Spocien Dictionary

resile

verb

/ri'zaɪl/

spring back; spring away from an impact

Type	Words
Synonyms	bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
Type of	jump, bound, spring, leap
Has types	skip, recoil, kick, kick back, carom, bound off
Derivation	resiliency, resilient

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

resile

verb

/ri'zaɪl/

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

Type	Words
Synonyms	abjure, forswear, recant, retract
Type of	renounce, repudiate, disown

resile

verb

/ri'zaɪl/

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

Type	Words
Type of	pull out, chicken out, bow out, back off, back down

The landlord cannot resile from the lease.

resile

verb

/ri'zaɪl/

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

Type	Words
Type of	turn back, regress, retrovert, return, revert
Derivation	resilience, resiliency, resilient

The rubber tubes resile.