resile
Verb
Verb Forms: resiled, resiling, resiles
- To spring back; to rebound or recoil.
- pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
- "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
- "The rubber tubes resile"
- To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
- To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
Examples
- A good player can resile from a bad play and quickly regain momentum in Scrabble.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“I jump”).
Synonyms
abjure, bounce, bound, forswear, rebound, recant, recoil, retract, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
Scrabble Score: 6
resile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordresile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
resile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary