Resile

resile
    v 1: pull out 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}, {resile}, {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}, {resile}]
    4: return to the original position or state after being
       stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"
    

resile \re*sile"\ (r[-e]*z[imac]l"), v. i. [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.
   [1913 Webster] resilience