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"

3. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;

"He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"

"She abjured her beliefs"

4. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed;

"The rubber tubes resile"