All backpedaling synonyms

noun backpedaling

• transposition — an act of transposing.
• volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
• reversal — an act or instance of reversing.
• disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
• turnaround — the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
• retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
• rescission — the act of rescinding.
• recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
• change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
• retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
• palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.