Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backdown"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backdown \Back"down`\, n.
A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
backdown
n : a retraction of a previously held position [syn: {withdrawal},
{climb-down}]
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