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    Re·sile
    /rəˈzīl/

    verb

    • 1. abandon a position or a course of action: formal "can he resile from the agreement?"
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  3. Resile is a verb that means to recoil, retract, or withdraw from an agreement or a position. It comes from the Latin resilire, which means "to jump back" or "recoil". Resile is more common in British and Australian English than in U.S. sources. See examples, etymology, and related words.

  4. Resile means to stop doing or supporting something or change a decision you made previously. Learn how to use this formal verb with examples from the Hansard archive and other sources.

  5. Resile means to spring back, rebound, shrink back or resume original form or position. Learn the origin, synonyms and related words of resile from Dictionary.com.

  6. Resile is an intransitive verb that means to spring back, especially to resume a former position or structure after being stretched or compressed. It comes from Latin resilir, meaning to leap back. See synonyms, translations, and related terms for resile in different languages and contexts.

  7. spring back; spring away from an impact. “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”

  8. 3 days ago · Resile means to spring or shrink back, recoil or resume original shape, especially of elastic bodies. See word origin, synonyms, usage examples and related words for resile.

  9. Resile definition: . See examples of RESILE used in a sentence.

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