Verb
1. draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.;
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"2. spring back; spring away from an impact;
"The rubber ball bounced""These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion""She abjured her beliefs"4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed;
"The rubber tubes resile"