- pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.;
"The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
- spring back; spring away from an impact;
"The rubber ball bounced" "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;
"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" "She abjured her beliefs"
- return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed;
"The rubber tubes resile"