back-downn.

Etymology: back v. 20.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈback-down.

colloquial. Chiefly U.S.

A complete surrender of claims; a retreat from a position taken up or from a stand made.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun]

reversec1487

retraction1536

relent1580

declension1597

relentance1629

resentment1646

intercision1647

relenting1694

back-down1862

backing-down1883

back-pedalling1950

step-down1973

1862 J. C. Gray & J. C. Ropes War Lett. (1927) 35 The President's message..seems to me clearly a case of back down.

1886 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 853 The present crisis, end as it may—in a general ‘backdown’ or a general war—is essentially a small business as compared with much that Europe has seen in its day.

1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xxi. 280 It's a clean back-down! he gives up without hitting a lick!

1961 Guardian 20 Sept. 16/6 Krushchev's primary aim..was to force..[an] American back-down at Berlin.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	back-down
释义	back-downn. Etymology: back v. 20.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈback-down. colloquial. Chiefly U.S. A complete surrender of claims; a retreat from a position taken up or from a stand made. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] reversec1487 retraction1536 relent1580 declension1597 relentance1629 resentment1646 intercision1647 relenting1694 back-down1862 backing-down1883 back-pedalling1950 step-down1973 1862 J. C. Gray & J. C. Ropes War Lett. (1927) 35 The President's message..seems to me clearly a case of back down. 1886 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 853 The present crisis, end as it may—in a general ‘backdown’ or a general war—is essentially a small business as compared with much that Europe has seen in its day. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xxi. 280 It's a clean back-down! he gives up without hitting a lick! 1961 Guardian 20 Sept. 16/6 Krushchev's primary aim..was to force..[an] American back-down at Berlin. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1862
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