1. resile - verb
· pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
Hypernym(s): chicken_out, back_off, pull_out, back_down, bow_out
2. resile - verb
· spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Synonym(s): bounce, take_a_hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Hypernym(s): jump, leap, bound, spring
3. resile - verb
· formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
Synonym(s): abjure, recant, forswear, retract
Hypernym(s): disown, renounce, repudiate
4. resile - verb
· return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"
Hypernym(s): revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn_back
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