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Definition of Backdown
1. Noun. A retraction of a previously held position.
Generic synonyms: Abjuration, Recantation, Retraction
Derivative terms: Back Down, Withdraw
Definition of Backdown
1. n. A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
Definition of Backdown
1. Noun. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backdown
1. the abandonment of one's position [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backdown
Literary usage of Backdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"Good Friends Lloyd's, England, takes bets on Russia's submergence backdown.
RUSSIAN : " Help, help ! I drown ! " —(C) Fliegende Blaetter. ..."
2. Political History of Secession to the Beginning of the American Civil War by Daniel Wait ( Howe (1914)
"CHAPTER VII THE OREGON BOUNDARY QUESTION: FOLK'S backdown ONE starting into the
study of ... backdown ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"(Society), square, to run on the, to be straight, honest, reliable. Square
backdown (sporting), a shuffle of more than usual ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"He asserted that it was a great backdown on the part of some in this ... Mr.
Dustan did not think it was any backdown on the part of any man in this ..."
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