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      resile
      verb
      return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
      formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
      spring back
      pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
      Roots
      rere- · Latin · backsaliresile- · Latin · to leap
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