resile

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /rɪˈzaɪl/ UK /rɪˈzaɪl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to draw back from an agreement or commitment; to spring back

The government tried to resile from its earlier pledge.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to draw back from an... recoil retreat withdraw rebound retract

Opposites

persist commit

Word family

Derived forms resilience resilient

Related forms resilient resilience salient assail

Etymology

From Latin resilire ('to leap back, recoil'), from re- ('back') + salire ('to leap, jump').

resilire Latin salire Latin *sel- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction

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# resile

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈzaɪl/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈzaɪl/

## Meanings
1. to draw back from an agreement or commitment; to spring back

## Examples
- The government tried to resile from its earlier pledge.

## Synonyms
- recoil
- retreat
- withdraw
- rebound
- retract

## Antonyms
- persist
- commit

## Derived Forms
- resilience
- resilient

## Related Forms
- resilient
- resilience
- salient
- assail

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resilire
- Root: salire
- Root: *sel-

## Etymology
From Latin resilire ('to leap back, recoil'), from re- ('back') + salire ('to leap, jump').

## AI Etymology
Resile comes from Latin resilire ('to leap back, recoil'), from re- ('back') + salire ('to leap, jump'). The prefix supplies the first semantic turn, while the base carries the lexical core of the word. As a verb, it means "to draw back from an agreement or commitment; to spring back", so the modern sense keeps the older action or relation visible. Relevant historical forms include Latin resilire, Latin salire, and Proto-Indo-European *sel-. Derivative forms include resilience, resilient; related words include resilient, resilience, salient, assail.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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