Definition of resile - WordReference.com Dictionary

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resile
A	verb
	1	resile
			return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"
		Category Tree: change ╚change by reversal; turn; reverse ╚revert; return; retrovert; regress; turn back ╚resile
	2	abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
			formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚reject ╚renounce; repudiate ╚abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
	3	bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
			spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
		Category Tree: move ╚jump; leap; bound; spring ╚bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet ╚carom; glance ╚skip; bound off ╚kick back; recoil; kick
	4	resile
			draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
		Category Tree: change ╚change state; turn ╚worsen; decline ╚devolve; deteriorate; drop; degenerate ╚tire; pall; weary; fatigue; jade ╚retire; withdraw ╚chicken out; back off; pull out; back down; bow out ╚resile

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