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Resile

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

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Broader term 11

Bound 76% connected

of Bind

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disown 76% connected

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leap 76% connected

A basket.

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Regress 76% connected

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

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Renounce 76% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repudiate 76% connected

To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

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Retrovert 76% connected

To turn back.

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Revert 76% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

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Manner of action 4

Carom 76% connected

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's b…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kick 76% connected

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

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Recoil 76% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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Skip 76% connected

A basket. See Skep.

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Derivationally related 10

Recantation 74% connected

The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recantation 74% connected

The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resiliency 74% connected

The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

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Resiliency 74% connected

The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

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Resilient 74% connected

Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Resilient 74% connected

Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.

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Synonym 11

Abjure 92% connected

To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bounce 92% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bound 92% connected

of Bind

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forswear 92% connected

To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rebound 92% connected

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recant 92% connected

To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recoil 92% connected

To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Retract 92% connected

To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Reverberate 92% connected

Reverberant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ricochet 92% connected

A rebound or skipping, as of a ball along the ground when a gun is fired at a low angle of elevation, or of a fiat stone thrown along the surface of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spring 92% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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