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Verb(1) move backwards from a certain position(2) remove oneself from an obligation

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(1) The union backdown followed a December 13 ruling by the High Court that the strike was illegal.(2) The end result is a complete backdown : his regular column in the paper's Metro section will be reinstated and he's also been offered a wider role writing for other parts of the paper.(3) This is not a backdown or any of that stuff; it's a clarification of the position.(4) A number of last year's announced policies were followed by public outrage and a government backdown .(5) Labor says the Prime Minister's been forced into an embarrassing backdown , labelling it a victory for commonsense.(6) Port workers in Madras who spoke to our reporters were angry at the union backdown .(7) It was a dramatic and embarrassing backdown for the Defence Department Secretary.(8) A backdown would pose a dilemma for at least two Democrats senators.(9) It's unquestionably a backdown from full legalisation - but its also unquestionably an improvement all the same.(10) ministers have avoided sounding triumphal about the association's backdown(11) The backdown followed a series of protests by people in rural and regional communities.(12) He described the backdown as a step in the right direction.(13) The company is refusing to negotiate, with one executive telling the Washington Post that if it made any backdown , u2018our shareholders will be angryu2019.(14) The union backdown came only days after leading officials reaffirmed they would never agree to the plan to axe more that 3,500 jobs - almost 20 percent of the company's workforce.(15) Today's backdown is a vote of no-confidence in the Employment Advocate by his new minister.(16) It is a very big step and a humiliating backdown .