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resile::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| 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 | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pull out, chicken out, bow out, back off, back down |
The landlord cannot resile from the lease.
Examples of resile
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Mr Mallard said he did not resile from any comments he made on Red Alert.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It is difficult to see how the UK could later resile from that position.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At least he was honest about what he really thought, before public outrage made him resile.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Parliament also retains the right to resile from the law as the judges have interpreted it.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cameron says he does not resile from anything he said six weeks ago.
From the guardian.co.uk
Likely to make them reflect, perhaps to resile from their stories.
From the guardian.co.uk
If new members resile from commitments that are not part of the legal acquis, there is no obvious remedy.
From the economist.com
I don't resile from my general position outlined above.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Complaints from the IMF and the EU have prompted Mr Orban to resile from his attack on Hungary's central bank.
From the economist.com
- Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
- Bounce: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- Abjure: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
- Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"
- To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose; To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body
