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   Re·sile

   /rəˈzīl/

   

   verb

   • 1. abandon a position or a course of action: formal "can he resile from the agreement?"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from obsolete French resilir or Latin resilire ‘to recoil’, from re- ‘back’ + salire ‘to jump’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

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   • E

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