resile Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
   
   • The landlord cannot resile from the lease
2. verb spring back; spring away from an impact
   spring; rebound; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; ricochet.
   
   • The rubber ball bounced
   • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
3. verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
   retract; abjure; forswear; recant.
   
   • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
   • She abjured her beliefs
4. verb return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
   
   • The rubber tubes resile

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