| resile | (v) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc., Example: The landlord cannot resile from the lease |
| resile | (v) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed, Example: The rubber tubes resile |
| abjure | (v) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure, Syn. forswear, resile, recant, retract, Example: He retracted his earlier statements about his religion; She abjured her beliefs |
| bounce | (v) spring back; spring away from an impact, Syn. take a hop, recoil, bound, ricochet, rebound, reverberate, spring, resile, Example: The rubber ball bounced; These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide |