backdown

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
backdown
    n 1: a retraction of a previously held position [syn:
         {withdrawal}, {backdown}, {climb-down}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Backdown \Back"down`\, n.
   A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]
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