pullback

pullback
    n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for
         holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were
         drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: {pullback},
         {tieback}]
    2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly
       withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over
       25,000 troops"
    

Pullback \Pull"back`\, n.
   1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a
      hindrance.
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   2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut,
      or to hold it party open at a fixed point.
      [1913 Webster]
    

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "pullback":
      avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut,
      cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch,
      fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement,
      retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy,
      sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince,
      withdrawal, withdrawment