Backdown

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  • n. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of backing down. See back. verb
  • n. The act of backing down. See back, verb
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. move backwards from a certain position
  • v. remove oneself from an obligation
  • n. a retraction of a previously held position
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pull away    retreat    recede    pullback    withdraw   
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