recoil

recoil is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey.

[2] To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. Shak.

[3] To turn or go back; to withdraw one`s self; to retire. [Obs.] "To your bowers recoil." Spenser.