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Backdown

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

Wiktionary
backdown

n. An act of back down; a retraction or withdrawal.

WordNet
backdown

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

Usage examples of "backdown".

Then Iwant you to beam back up at once and come backdown again, on the floor directly above the rebelposition, or as close to it as Scotty can get you.