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Resile

verb
(past & past part. resiled; pres. part. resiling)
1.
Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc..
2.
Spring back; spring away from an impact.  Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.  "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
3.
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure.  Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract.  "She abjured her beliefs"
4.
Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed.





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Words linked to "Resile" :   back down, rebound, leap, carom, reverberate, kick, forswear, back off, renounce, ricochet, chicken out, bow out, jump, resilience, turn back, repudiate, resiliency, bounce, retrovert, pull out, resilient, bound, kick back, spring, regress, skip, bound off, retract, disown, revert, return


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