resile

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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verb pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
verb spring back; spring away from an impact
verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”).

The young sparks, it is true, were as full of extravagancies as overgrown children: the words of their tumultuary discussions were difficultly understood and not often nice: their testiness and outrageous mots were such that his intellects resiled from: nor were they scrupulously sensible of the proprieties though their fund of strong animal spirits spoke in their behalf. — Ulysses, James Joyce

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