resile

verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

Direction: arrow points to the broader concept; dashed outline: no word in this language; Click any word to expand it.

Senses

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

The landlord cannot resile from the lease

spring back; spring away from an impact

The rubber ball bounced

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

He retracted his earlier statements about his religion

return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

The rubber tubes resile

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	hypernym	Types & categories	bow out
2	derivation	Related & opposite	leap
2	derivation	Related & opposite	bounce
2	derivation	Related & opposite	rebound
2	derivation	Related & opposite	bouncing
2	derivation	Related & opposite	resiliency
2	derivation	Related & opposite	carom
2	derivation	Related & opposite	springy
2	hypernym	Types & categories	jump
2	hyponym	Types & categories	kick back
2	hyponym	Types & categories	bound off
2	hyponym	Types & categories	carom
3	derivation	Related & opposite	forgoing
3	derivation	Related & opposite	retraction
3	derivation	Related & opposite	abjurer
3	hypernym	Types & categories	repudiate
4	derivation	Related & opposite	resilience
4	derivation	Related & opposite	resiliency
4	derivation	Related & opposite	springy
4	hypernym	Types & categories	revert