Definition of Resile

1. Verb. Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.. "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"


2. Verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Exact synonyms: Bounce, Bound, Rebound, Recoil, Reverberate, Ricochet, Spring, Take A Hop
Specialized synonyms: Kick, Kick Back, Recoil, Bound Off, Skip, Carom
Generic synonyms: Bound, Jump, Leap, Spring
Derivative terms: Bounce, Bounce, Bound, Rebound, Recoil, Resiliency, Resilient, Ricochet, Spring

3. Verb. Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. "She abjured her beliefs"
Exact synonyms: Abjure, Forswear, Recant, Retract
Generic synonyms: Disown, Renounce, Repudiate
Derivative terms: Abjuration, Abjurer, Forswearing, Recantation, Retraction

4. Verb. Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed. "The rubber tubes resile"

Definition of Resile

1. v. i. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

Definition of Resile

1. Verb. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. ¹

2. Verb. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resile

1. to spring back [v -SILED, -SILING, -SILES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resile

resignedly
resignedness
resignednesses
resignee
resignees
resigner
resigners
resignified
resignifies
resignify
resignifying
resigning
resignment
resignments
resigns
resile (current term)
resiled
resilence
resilenced
resilences
resilencing
resiles
resiliant
resilience
resiliences
resiliencies
resiliency
resilient
resiliently
resilin

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