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Dictionary definition and meaning for resile

RESILE

  • (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

    "The rubber tubes resile"

  • (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

    "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion", "She abjured her beliefs"

    synonyms : abjure , forswear , recant , retract
  • (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact

    "The rubber ball bounced", "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    synonyms : bounce , bound , rebound , recoil , reverberate , ricochet , spring , take a hop
  • (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

    "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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