单词 | resilement |
释义 | resilementn. The action of resiling from an undertaking, position, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > withdrawal from an engagement or promise retraction1550 resiling1644 retractation1654 resilience1656 backing-out1819 pull-out1825 back-out1829 resilement1830 1830 A. Sutherland Achievem. Knights of Malta I. ii. 77 The King and the Count of Flanders, taking advantage of this resilement, pressed them hotly. 1884 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. at Back adv. 7 In withdrawal or resilement from an undertaking. 1906 M. Bateson Borough Customs II. p. lxxxii There was a tendency for earnest to become a mere rue-bargain, sometimes double the earnest being forfeited on resilement by the receiver. 1999 D. King In Name of Liberalism iv. 133 A society based on the resilement of an external colonial power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830 |
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