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(v)
resile
pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
“The landlord cannot resile from the lease”
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(v)
bounce
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resile
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take a hop
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spring
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bound
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rebound
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recoil
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reverberate
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ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
“The rubber ball bounced”
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“These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”
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(v)
abjure
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recant
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forswear
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retract
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resile
formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
“He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”
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“She abjured her beliefs”
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(v)
resile
return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
“The rubber tubes resile”
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