resile
英英释意
- 1. draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.;
- "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
- 2. spring back; spring away from an impact;
- "The rubber ball bounced"
- "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- 3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
- "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
- "She abjured her beliefs"
- 4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed;
- "The rubber tubes resile"