resile
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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 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
There is no resiling from his admiration for George Bush, who is lauded as a man of "genuine integrity" and "a true idealist".
From The Guardian ● Sep. 4, 2010
Some might call it "dithering," others "muddling through," but the Foreign Office likes to call it "resiling."
From Time Magazine Archive
One purpose of resiling is to wait for one's antagonist to commit a blunder that weakens him, or a provocation that provides the Resiler with a casus belli.
From Time Magazine Archive
