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resile

/ resile /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
"The rubber tubes resile"
Type of:
revert return retrovert
Derived:
resilience resiliency
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 2
draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
Type of:
chicken out back off pull out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Type of:
jump leap bound
Kinds of:
kick back recoil kick skip bound off
Derived:
ricochet carom recoil repercussion rebound
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
"She abjured her beliefs"
Type of:
renounce repudiate
Derived:
retraction abjuration recantation renunciation forgoing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
24
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revert return retrovert chicken out back off pull out jump leap bound kick back recoil kick