Definition of Resile in English :

Define Resile in English

Resile meaning in English

Meaning of Resile in English

Pronunciation of Resile in English

Resile pronunciation in English

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Resile

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Verb

1. resile

pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

Example Sentences:
'The landlord cannot resile from the lease'

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

spring back; spring away from an impact

Example Sentences:
'The rubber ball bounced'
'These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide'

3. abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

Example Sentences:
'He retracted his earlier statements about his religion'
'She abjured her beliefs'

4. resile

return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

Example Sentences:
'The rubber tubes resile'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Resile

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verb
(intransitive)
to spring or shrink back; recoil or resume original shape

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Resile

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verb transitiveWord forms: reˈsiled or reˈsiling
Rare
to bounce or spring back; rebound; specif., to come back into shape or position after being pressed or stretched
said of elastic bodies

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Resile

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intr.v. re·siled, re·sil·ing, re·siles
1. To spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure after being stretched or compressed.
2. To draw back; recoil.

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