RESILE

• (verb) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

  "The rubber tubes 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"

  synonyms : abjure , forswear , recant , retract

• (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact

  "The rubber ball bounced", "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

  synonyms : bounce , bound , rebound , recoil , reverberate , ricochet , spring , take a hop

• (verb) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

  "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

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