Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Resile"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Resile \Re*sile"\ (r?-z?l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resiled}
(-z?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Resiling}.] [L. resilire to leap
or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See
{Salient}.]
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. --J.
Ellis.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

resile
v 1: draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The
landlord cannot resile from the lease"
2: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {take a hop}, {spring},
{bound}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {ricochet}]
3: reject; "He retracted his earlier statements about his
beliefs" [syn: {abjure}, {recant}, {forswear}, {retract}]
4: return to the original position or state after being
stretched or compressed, as of elastic bodies; "The rubber
tubes resiles"


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