From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
resile \re*sile"\ (r[-e]*z[imac]l"), verb (used without an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
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"
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