Definition of "backdown" [back•down]

• An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal. (noun)

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• "But Ms Robinson says she welcomed the rebate and the backdown is a sign Labor has renegaded on a 2007 election commitment to create an exploration incentive."
• "But the backdown was a costly one, which Senator Brown was seeking a treasury briefing on, he said."
• "The backdown is a tacit admission the free-to-air networks bungled their first attempt to pitch digital free-to-air TV to national consumers when they launched the Freeview brand in November."