Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun climb-down

1 sense of climb-down

Sense 1
withdrawal, backdown, climb-down -- (a retraction of a previously held position)
       => retraction, abjuration, recantation -- (a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb climb-down

1 sense of climb down

Sense 1
alight, climb down -- (come down; "the birds alighted")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")