resile

Meaning

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”

Synonyms for resile

• bounce
• take a hop
• spring
• bound
• rebound
• recoil
• reverberate
• ricochet
• abjure
• recant
• forswear
• retract