resile

verbs

pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

resile

is a type of (narrower)

remove oneself from an obligation

"He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

spring back; spring away from an impact

"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

is derived from

is derived from

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

abjure, forswear, recant, resile, retract

return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

"The rubber tubes resile"

resile

is derived from

is derived from

is derived from

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

go back to a previous state

"We reverted to the old rules"