Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Resile \Re*sile"\ (r?-z?l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Resiled}
   (-z?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.