resiliō uī, -, īre, to leap back, spring back: In gelidos lacūs, O.: ad manipulos velites, L.

— To spring back, rebound, recoil, retreat: ferit ora sarissā. Non secus haec resilit, quam, etc., O.: In spatium resilire manūs breve vidit, to contract, O.

—Fig., to recoil, be thrown off: ubi scopulum offendis eiusmodi ut ab hoc crimen resilire videas.