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Retraction vs Backdown - What's the difference?

retraction | backdown |

As nouns the difference between retraction and backdown

is that retraction is retraction, withdrawal while backdown is an act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.

retraction

English

Noun

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

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    backdown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of backing down; a retraction or withdrawal.