Synonyms of the word

climb-down

• n. Alternative form of climb down.

abjuration

• n. A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
• n. A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
• n. The act of abjuring.

backdown

• n. An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

recantation

• n. the act of recanting or something recanted.

retraction

• n. An act or instance of retracting.
• n. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion,…
• n. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on…

withdrawal

• n. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
• n. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
• n. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which…
• n. An act of withdrawing.