D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

resile

/(rē̇*zīl")/ · re·sile · IPA /ɹəˈzaɪl/
01 v. i. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
imp. & p. p. resiled; p. pr. & vb. n. resiling
  1. 1.
    To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.