resile

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resile

/ɹɪˈzaɪl/ UK
/ɹəˈzaɪl/ US
/ɹiˈzaɪl/ US

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

verb resiles · resiling · resiled

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.
To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

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verb to start back; recoil

Español	retroceder

verb to spring back; rebound

Italiano	retrocedere

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@misc{resile_2026,
  title = {resile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}