backout

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from back out.

Noun[edit]

backout (plural backouts)

  1. A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
  2. (aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.

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