Resile — synonyms, definition

1. resile (Verb)

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

resile (Verb) — Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.. ex. "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"

resile (Verb) — Move back in a roughly opposite direction after an impact. ex. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

resile (Verb) — Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure. ex. "She resiled her beliefs"

resile (Verb) — Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed. ex. "The rubber tubes resile"

back down back off bound bow out chicken out disown jump leap pull out regress renounce repudiate retrovert return revert spring turn back bound off carom kick kick back recoil skip