resile

Example Sentences

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Asked about those commitments during the by-election campaign, Burnham said he did not "resile" from his previous stance on inheritance tax.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

"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

We've also seen him resile from some of the threats or claims he made during the campaign...

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2016

In the coming days, Eden will resile in several directions�with other diplomats in London, and probably in the debating halls of the U.N.

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