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"
return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
"The rubber tubes resile"
To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
The word comes from the Middle French resiler, which was borrowed from the Latin resiliō. In its original Latin form, it meant "to spring back," combining a prefix meaning "back" with a root meaning "to jump."