RESILE

resile

(verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; “The rubber tubes resile”

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, 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”

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact; “The rubber ball bounced”; “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”

resile

(verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; “The landlord cannot resile from the lease”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

resile (third-person singular simple present resiles, present participle resiling, simple past and past participle resiled)

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

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

Anagrams

• Eilers, Eisler, Leiser, Lieser, relies

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*sile" (r-zl"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resiled (-zld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resiling.] Etym: [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.]

Definition: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. J. Ellis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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