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resigned | resignedly | resignee | resigner | resignment | resile | resilience | resiliency | resilient | resilition | resin

resile

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Verb (intransitive)
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re=sile

CIDE DICTIONARY

resilev. i. [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.].
     To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.  J. Ellis.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resile, v.intr.
1 (of something stretched or compressed) recoil to resume a former size and shape; spring back.
2 have or show resilience or recuperative power.
3 (usu. foll. by from) withdraw from a course of action.

Etymology
obs. F resilir or L resilire (as RE-, salire jump)

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