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resile, v.
(resiled, resiles, resiling)
more info return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
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resile

sample sentences

"The rubber tubes resile"

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more info formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
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abjure forswear recant resile retract

sample sentences

"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
"She abjured her beliefs"

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more info spring back; spring away from an impact
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bounce bound rebound recoil resile reverberate ricochet spring take a hop

sample sentences

"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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hypernym
more info pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
<verb.social>

resile

sample sentences

"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

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