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Resile

//ɹəˈzaɪl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

    "I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that."

  2. 2
    return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed wordnet
  3. 3
    To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
  4. 4
    formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure wordnet
  5. 5
    spring back; spring away from an impact wordnet
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  1. 6
    pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“I jump”).

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