Found 2 items, similar to Resile.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: resile
resile
v 1: draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.;
“The
landlord cannot resile from the lease”
2: spring back; spring away from an impact;
“The rubber ball
bounced”;
“These particles do not resile but they unite
after they collide” [syn:
bounce,
take a hop,
spring,
bound,
rebound,
recoil,
reverberate,
ricochet]
3: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
under pressure;
“He retracted his earlier statements about
his religion”;
“She abjured her beliefs” [syn:
abjure,
recant,
forswear,
retract]
4: return to the original position or state after being
stretched or compressed;
“The rubber tubes resile”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: resile
resile
\re*sile"\ (r[-e]*z[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
resiled (-z[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n.
resiling.] [L.
resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to
leap, spring. See
Salient.]
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. --J.
Ellis.
[1913 Webster]