Synonyms: resile
Definition: return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
Usage: The rubber tubes resile
Similar words: retrovert, return, revert, regress, turn back
Definition: go back to a previous state
Usage: We reverted to the old rules
Synonyms: recant, resile, retract, abjure, forswear
Definition: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Usage: He retracted his earlier statements about his religion; She abjured her beliefs
Similar words: disown, renounce, repudiate
Definition: cast off
Usage: She renounced her husband; The parents repudiated their son
Synonyms: spring, bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, take a hop
Definition: spring back; spring away from an impact
Usage: The rubber ball bounced; These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Similar words: spring, jump, leap, bound
Definition: move forward by leaps and bounds
Usage: The horse bounded across the meadow; The child leapt across the puddle; Can you jump over the fence?
Synonyms: resile
Definition: pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
Usage: The landlord cannot resile from the lease
Similar words: bow out, chicken out, back down, back off, pull out
Definition: remove oneself from an obligation
Usage: He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved