resile

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

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

resid resin

reside resift resign resiny resist resize