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

1. intransitive verb. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
2. verb. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

   "The rubber tubes resile"

3. verb. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

   "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"

   "She abjured her beliefs"

   Synonyms: abjure, forswear, recant, retract

4. verb. spring back; spring away from an impact

   "The rubber ball bounced"

   "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

   Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring

5. verb. pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

   "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

Synonyms

abjure, forswear, recant, retract, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in resile:

lisere, relies

Common word forms

resiled, resiles, resiling, resilement

Words from these letters

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