Found 2 items, similar to resile.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: resile resile v 1: draw back from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; “The landlord cannot resile from the lease” 2: spring back; spring away from an impact; “The rubber ball bounced”; “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide” [syn: bounce, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 3: formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; “He retracted his earlier statements about his religion”; “She abjured her beliefs” [syn: abjure, recant, forswear, retract] 4: return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; “The rubber tubes resile”
English → English (gcide) Definition: resile resile \re*sile"\ (r[-e]*z[imac]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. resiled (-z[imac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. resiling.] [L. resilire to leap or spring back; pref. re- re- + salire to leap, spring. See Salient.] To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose. --J. Ellis. [1913 Webster]