resile

verb /ɹɪˈzaɪl/

1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

   I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.

2. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry resile (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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