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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a retraction of a previously held position;
[syn: withdrawal, backdown, climb-down]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Backdown \Back"down`\, n.
   A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

backdown
    n 1: a retraction of a previously held position [syn:
         withdrawal, backdown, climb-down]