Backdown

Synonyms for "backdown" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
compromiseconcessionface saving move

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
retreatreversalrhetorical retreatsoftening position

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
abjurationconcessionnegotiation tacticpolicy reversalrecantationretractionretreatrhetorical retreatsettlementwithdrawal

More specific

7 entries
corporate backdowngovernment backdownpartial backdownpolicy backdownpolitical backdownpublic backdownsymbolic backdown

Collocations

6 entries
backdown from demandcorporate backdownnegotiated backdownpolitical backdownpublic backdownsoft backdown

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

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