Meaning & use
Resiling
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drawing back from a commitment, agreement, or statement previously made
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The company was accused of resiling from the contract at the last minute.
A court can be reluctant to let a party start resiling from terms it freely agreed to.
A note on using this word
Chiefly used in legal and formal British, Scottish, and Australian English; it comes from Latin "resilire," to leap back, the same root as "resilient."
Words with a similar meaning
backing outreneging
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Words with an opposite meaning
honoringupholding
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