Definition for Resile:

• r[= e]- z[= i]l', v.i. to leap back: to fly from: to recoil, to recede:-- pr.p. res[= i]l'ing; pa.p. res[= i]led'.-- ns. RESILE'MENT; RESIL'IENCE, RESIL'IENCY, act of springing back or rebounding.-- adj. RESIL'IENT, springing back or rebounding.-- ns. RESILI'TION; RESILU[= A]' TION, renewed attack. [ O. Fr.,-- L. resil[= i]re, to leap back-- re-, back, sal[= i]re, to leap.]

Synonyms for Resile:

• v.

  •bounce (verb)
  • carom,
  • jump,
  • hop,
  • vault,
  • backlash,
  • kick back,
  • jounce,
  • leap,
  • bob,
  • buck,
  • bump,
  • hurdle,
  • thump,
  • boomerang.
  •change (verb)
  • resile.
  •recoil (verb)
  • blench,
  • backfire,
  • start,
  • duck,
  • demur,
  • quake,
  • draw back,
  • pull back,
  • hesitate,
  • stick,
  • stickle,
  • shrink,
  • cringe,
  • wince,
  • balk,
  • jerk,
  • shirk,
  • shudder,
  • flinch,
  • quail,
  • shake,
  • tremble,
  • falter,
  • withdraw,
  • turn away,
  • waver,
  • step back,
  • dodge,
  • blink,
  • reel,
  • kick,
  • swerve,
  • shy away,
  • blanch,
  • react.

• Other synonyms:

  •recoil
  • Stickling,
  • Stickled,
  • Winced,
  • pulls back,
  • pulled back,
  • turns away,
  • stickles,
  • turned away,
  • pulling back,
  • Flinched,
  • turning away.

Antonyms for Resile:

• v.

  • bounce
    let in, allow, permit.
  • recoil
    meet, remain, steady, face, stay.

Homophones for Resile:

• reassail, raucously, recall, rascal, rehearsal, roseola, russula, resell, roselle, rakishly, racial, rigil, resale, ruckle, regalia, rescale, rozelle, rachel, rockwell, roughly, roswell, rigel, regal, roccella, rock oil, rock wool, rugulah, regosol, Rakehell, rose oil, rascally, recoil, resole, richly, raise hell, recycle, recusal, russell, rashly, rissole, reseal, richelieu, rorqual, regale, razzle, rosilla.

Hyponym for Resile:

• v.

  • change
    retrovert, return, turn back, regress, revert.
  • social
    back off, bow out, pull out, back down, chicken out.