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Detailed Synonyms for resile in English

resile:

resile verb

  1. resile
    – return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed 1
    resile
    – return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed 1
    • resile verb
      • The rubber tubes resile1
  2. resile
    – formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure 1
    to retract; to recant; to abjure; resile; forswear
    – formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure 1
    • retract verb (retracts, retracted, retracting)
      • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion1
    • recant verb (recants, recanted, recanting)
    • abjure verb (abjures, abjured, abjuring)
      • She abjured her beliefs1
    • resile verb
    • forswear verb
  3. resile
    – spring back; spring away from an impact 1
    to bound; to spring; to bounce; to rebound; to recoil; to reverberate; to ricochet; resile; take a hop
    – spring back; spring away from an impact 1
    • bound verb (bounds, bounded, bounding)
    • spring verb (springs, sprang, springing)
    • bounce verb (bounces, bounced, bouncing)
      • The rubber ball bounced1
    • rebound verb (rebounds, rebounded, rebounding)
    • recoil verb (recoils, recoiled, recoiling)
    • reverberate verb (reverberates, reverberated, reverberating)
    • ricochet verb (ricochets, ricocheted, ricocheting)
    • resile verb
      • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide1
    • take a hop verb
  4. resile
    – pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. 1
    resile
    – pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. 1
    • resile verb
      • The landlord cannot resile from the lease1

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Related Definitions for "resile":

  1. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed1
    • The rubber tubes resile1
  2. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure1
  3. spring back; spring away from an impact1
    • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide1
  4. pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.1
    • The landlord cannot resile from the lease1