intransitive verb
: to withdraw or retreat gradually (as from a principle or a theoretical position)
back slowly away from their insistence on repeal — Benjamin Rathbun
intransitive verb
: to withdraw or retreat gradually (as from a principle or a theoretical position)
back slowly away from their insistence on repeal — Benjamin Rathbun
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012