Dictionary Entry
resile
resile is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
- 2verb
return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
"The rubber tubes resile"
- 3verb
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
"She abjured her beliefs"
- 4verb
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- 5verb
pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
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