resile
pronunciation
How to pronounce resile in British English:
UK [rɪ'zaɪl]
How to pronounce resile in American English:
US [rɪ'zaɪl]
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- Verb:
- draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
Word Origin
- resile (v.)
- 1520s, "draw back," from obsolete French resiler "withdraw from an agreement," or directly from Latin resilire "to jump back" (see resilience). Meaning "spring back, start back, recoil" (of material things) from 1708. Related: Resiled; resiling.
Example
- 1. I do not resile from either sentiment .
- 2. Complaints from the imf and the eu have prompted mr orban to resile from his attack on hungary 's central bank .