Backdown

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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