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resile

Dictionary definition · resile

verb

  1. pull out 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"
  3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
  4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed"The rubber tubes resile"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).