resile

Meanings

• pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
  • "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
• spring back; spring away from an impact
  • "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
• return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
  • "The rubber tubes resile"

Synonyms

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