All backpedalling synonyms
back-ped·al
B b noun backpedalling
- 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.