resile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

/ɹɪˈzaɪl/ /ɹəˈzaɪl/ /ɹiˈzaɪl/ en-us-resile.ogg

resile resiles resiling resiled

From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”).

resiliency resilient resilience result

resilement

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