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resile.

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈzaɪl/UK/ɹəˈzaɪl/US/ɹiˈzaɪl/US
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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