"resile" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc. (synset 202386369)
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

is a type of: back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull out - remove oneself from an obligation
Spring back;
Spring away from an impact (synset 201896097)
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

is a type of: bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds
subtypes:
- kick, kick back, recoil - spring back, as from a forceful thrust
- bound off, skip - bound off one point after another
- carom - rebound after hitting
same as: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure (synset 200800379)
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

is a type of: disown, renounce, repudiate - cast off

same as: abjure, forswear, recant, retract
Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed (synset 200388351)
"The rubber tubes resile"

is a type of: regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back - go back to a previous state