Definition of Resile

Verb: resile ri'zI(-u)l

Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
Move back in a roughly opposite direction after an impact
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide";
- bounce, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
"She resiled her beliefs";
- abjure, recant, forswear, retract
Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
"The rubber tubes resile"