English-German translation for "resile"

"resile" German translation

resile
[riˈzail]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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zurückschnellen zurücktreten, resilieren
examples
  • (from) shrink back
    zurückweichen (vordative (case) | Dativ dat)
    (from) shrink back
  • (from) evade
    sich (dative (case) | Dativdat) entziehen
    (from) evade
examples
Wir können und dürfen uns dieser Pflicht nicht entziehen.
We cannot, nor should we seek to, resile from the duty.
Source: Europarl
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