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backdown
noun as in abjuration
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
But with members of Odinga's party joining the government after the youth-led protests that forced Ruto to backdown from increasing taxes, the political dynamics have changed - and the deputy president looks increasingly isolated.
Even so, China has warned Japan to backdown.
In its backdown, the government was also forced to refund over A$700m of payments to victims.
I looked backdown at my packet of supplemental materials.
The government offer amounted to a backdown by New Zealand after officials had earlier insisted that Charlotte Bellis needed to reapply for a spot in the country’s bottlenecked quarantine hotels.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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