fallback

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fallback
    n 1: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn:
         {disengagement}, {fallback}, {pullout}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fallback \fall"back\, n.
   1. The act or process of falling back.
      [PJC]

   2. Something or someone to which one resorts as an
      alternative to a failed resource or method.
      [PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "fallback":
      avoidance, cringe, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, flinch,
      pullback, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, shy,
      sidestep, sidestepping, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment

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