BACKDOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backdown mean? 

• BACKDOWN (noun)
  The noun BACKDOWN has 1 sense:

1. a retraction of a previously held position

  Familiarity information: BACKDOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKDOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A retraction of a previously held position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

backdown; climb-down; withdrawal

Hypernyms ("backdown" is a kind of...):

abjuration; recantation; retraction (a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion)

Derivation:

back down (move backwards from a certain position)