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resile

verb
  1. return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed
    “The rubber tubes resile”
  2. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
    abjurerecantforswearretract
  3. spring back
    spring
  4. pull out from an agreement, contract, statement, etc.
    “The landlord cannot resile from the lease”