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retry

retry re·tried re·try·ing : to try again

retire

retire re·tired re·tir·ing vi : to withdraw from an action [the jury retired for deliberations] vt : to withdraw from circulation or from the market [ a loan] [ stock]

resolve

resolve re·solved re·solv·ing vt 1 : to deal with successfully : clear up [ a dispute] 2 a :

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reserve

reserve re·served re·serv·ing : to keep back or set apart: as a : to keep (a right, power, or

reprieve

reprieve re·prieved re·priev·ing [alteration of earlier repry to send back (to prison), return to custody, perhaps from Anglo-French repris, past participle of reprendre to take back, from Old French] : to delay the punishment of (as...

relieve

relieve re·lieved re·liev·ing : to set free from a duty, burden, or liability [cannot be relieved of his negligence] [the trust cannot the trustees of those very basic duties that the law imposes "Hosey v. Burgess,...

remise

remise re·mised re·mis·ing [Middle French remis, past participle of remettre to put back, from Latin remittere to send back] : to give, grant, or release a claim to

rely

rely re·lied re·ly·ing : to depend with confidence : place faith

release

release re·leased re·leas·ing 1 a : to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility [the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts] b : to give up (a claim, title, or right)

relate back

relate back re·lat·ed back re·lat·ing back : to apply or take effect retroactively esp. based on relation back [the amendment relates back to the date of the original pleading "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 15(c)"]

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