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resile

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈzaɪl/Part of speech verbSorted eeilrsStarts with REnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.

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