resile – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: bow out,
pull out,
back off,
chicken out,
back down,
leap,
jump,
spring,
bound,
renounce,
repudiate,
retrovert,
turn back,
regress,
return,
revert
resile
v.
recoil, rebound; spring back into shape after stretching or bending
resile
Verb
1. draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
(hypernym) chicken out, back off, pull out, back down, bow out
2. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
(synonym) bounce, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
(hypernym) jump, leap, bound, spring
(hyponym) kick back, recoil, kick
(derivation) resilience, resiliency
3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
(synonym) abjure, recant, forswear, retract
(hypernym) renounce, repudiate
4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"
(hypernym) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
(derivation) resilience, resiliency
Resile
(v. i.)
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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RESILE
ESSERE RESILIENTE. AVERE ELASTICITÀ. AVERE ELASTICITÀ MENTALE