resile

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɹɪˈzaɪl/
• (America) IPA: /ɹəˈzaɪl/, /ɹiˈzaɪl/

Verb

resile (resiles, present participle resiling; past and past participle resiled)

1. 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.

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

Related terms

• resiliency
• resilient
• resilience
• result

Translations

• Spanish: retroceder

Translations

• Italian: retrocedere

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