definition of
resile

[1] #1 resile v. pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease". wn

[2] #2 resile v. [bounce, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide". wn

[3] #3 resile v. [abjure, recant, forswear, retract] formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs". wn

[4] #4 resile v. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile". wn