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verb
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
verb
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: abjure, recant, forswear, retract
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disown, renounce, repudiate
verb
spring back; spring away from an impact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bounce, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jump, leap, bound, spring
Narrower terms: kick back, recoil, kick, skip, bound off, carom
verb
pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
History
From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”).
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
