What is the meaning of resile?

verb

  • Pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc..
    • usage: "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
  • Spring back; spring away from an impact.
    • usage: "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.
    • usage: "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
  • Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed.
    • usage: "The rubber tubes resile"
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