Resile

[ri'zail]

Definition

(verb.) return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; 'The rubber tubes resile'.

(verb.) pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.; 'The landlord cannot resile from the lease'.

Checked by Flossie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

Typed by Greta

Definition

v.i. to leap back: to fly from: to recoil to recede:—pr.p. resīl′ing; pa.p. resīled′.—ns. Resile′ment; Resil′ience Resil′iency act of springing back or rebounding.—adj. Resil′ient springing back or rebounding.—ns. Resili′tion; Resiluā′tion renewed attack.

Editor: Nettie