resile

Verb

• return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
  • The rubber tubes resile
    

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
  • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
    
  • She abjured her beliefs
    

• spring back; spring away from an impact
  • The rubber ball bounced
    
  • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
    

• pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
  • The landlord cannot resile from the lease
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  abjure , recant , forswear , retract , bounce , take a hop , spring , bound , rebound , recoil , reverberate , ricochet