BACKDOWN as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a retraction of a previously held position
   Synonym(s)
   • climb-down (what does climb-down mean?)
   • withdrawal (what does withdrawal mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) backdown is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • retraction (what does retraction mean?)
   • abjuration (what does abjuration mean?)
   • recantation (what does recantation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • back up (what does back up mean?)
   • back off (what does back off mean?)
   • back down (what does back down mean?)
   • swallow (what does swallow mean?)
   • take back (what does take back mean?)
   • unsay (what does unsay mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)