resile

1. pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.

- The landlord cannot resile from the lease

Definition categories: social

2. spring back; spring away from an impact

- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Definition categories: motion, bound, jump, leap, spring

3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed

- The rubber tubes resile

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