Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

resile

/ɹəˈzaɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables: re-sile
IPA: /ɹəˈzaɪl/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

verb

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

Example Sentences

"I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that."
"If a legitimate expectation is established, it must be unfair for the public authority to resile from giving effect to that expectation, unless the wider interests of the public require that the public authority resiles in order properly to protect those wider interests."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: *sel-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹəˈzaɪl/
British English: /ɹɪˈzaɪl/

Inflected Forms

resiles (present, singular) resiling (participle, present) resiled (participle, past) resiled (past)

Derived Forms

resilement

Frequently Paired Words

resiliency resilient resilience result

Synonyms

abjure recant forswear retract bounce take a hop spring bound rebound recoil reverberate ricochet

Rhymes With

while style file smile mile last mile pile kyle chile awhile isle worthwhile

Questions

How do you pronounce resile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈzaɪl/.
What does resile mean?: To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
Where does resile come from?: From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“to jump”).

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