backdown

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an act of withdrawing a demand, threat, claim, or previously stated position

   The compromise was widely seen as a backdown by both sides.

A noun formed from the phrasal verb back down, 'to withdraw from a position or confrontation.' The closed and hyphenated noun spellings have both been used, while the verb remains two words.

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