resile

Example Sentences

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"She does not resile from anything she said then. This email was sent in the context of advice the Duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats."

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

"Though ministers need not resile from previously stated views when directly asked about them, they should exercise discretion and should not take part in the public debate," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

But he added he did not "resile from my strongly held views" on the conflict.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2024

In Foreign Office usage, however, resile means to appear elastic without actually budging from one's original position.

From Time Magazine Archive

You perhaps know that the children born under the handfasting engagement were reckoned lawful children, and not bastards, though the parents did afterwards resile.

From Notes and Queries, Number 48, September 28, 1850 by Various