"resile" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

is a type of: back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation
is a type of: bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds
subtypes:
- kick, kick back, recoil - spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- bound off, skip - bound off one point after another
- carom - rebound after hitting
same as: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
is a type of: disown, renounce, repudiate - cast off

same as: abjure, forswear, recant, retract
is a type of: regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back - go back to a previous state