1. (verb) resile
pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
Synonyms: recoil, bound, retract, forswear, take a hop, bounce, abjure, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, recant
2. (verb) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
Synonyms: spring, forswear, rally, throttle, echo, quail, restrict, funk, ring, abjure, trammel, retract, take form, backfire, flinch, form, wince, ricochet, shrink, recoil, border, resound, cringe, rebound, reflect, backlash, confine, leap, restrain, squinch, reverberate, jump, take a hop, kick back, bounce, resile, bound, limit, kick, take shape, jounce, recant
3. (verb) abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Synonyms: retract, rebound, draw back, recant, shrink back, spring, bound, forswear, pull back, ricochet, abjure, bounce, recoil, resile, reverberate, take a hop, draw in
4. (verb) resile
return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
Synonyms: recoil, bound, retract, forswear, take a hop, bounce, abjure, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, recant
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