Definition of Resile

• pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; "The landlord cannot resile from the lease"
• spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"