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VERB (4)

1. pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.;
- Example: "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

2. spring back; spring away from an impact;
- Example: "The rubber ball bounced"
- Example: "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
[syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]

3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
- Example: "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"
- Example: "She abjured her beliefs"
[syn: abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile]

4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed;
- Example: "The rubber tubes resile"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

resile \re*sile"\ (r[-e]*z[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   resiled (-z[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. resiling.] [L.
   resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to
   leap, spring. See Salient.]
   To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. --J.
   Ellis.
   [1913 Webster] resilience


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

resile
    v 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"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
       they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
       spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
       ricochet]
    3: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually
       under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about
       his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs" [syn: abjure,
       recant, forswear, retract, resile]
    4: return to the original position or state after being
       stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"