English dictionary
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English verb: resile | |||
| 1. | resile (social) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. | ||
| Samples | The landlord cannot resile from the lease. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out | ||
| 2. | resile (motion) spring back; spring away from an impact | ||
| Samples | The rubber ball bounced. These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide. | ||
| Synonyms | bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, jump, leap, spring | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bound off, carom, kick, kick back, recoil, skip | ||
| 3. | resile (communication) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | ||
| Samples | He retracted his earlier statements about his religion. She abjured her beliefs. | ||
| Synonyms | abjure, forswear, recant, retract | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disown, renounce, repudiate | ||
| 4. | resile (change) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | ||
| Samples | The rubber tubes resile. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back | ||
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