pushback

Noun

1. The act of repelling an enemy, etc.
2. A procedure in which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from the gate by some external force, usually a special tractor.
3. A reversal or reduction.
   • Sweden, as well as the UK, recently announced pushbacks on green targets and budgets, while there are negative noises from Germany on building insulation costs. - 2023 October 10, Senay Boztas, “Frans Timmermans urges...
4. Criticism of or resistance to a proposal, stance, or event.
   • More pushback from Hill on eavesdropping [title] - 2006 March 1, Peter Grier, “More pushback from Hill on eavesdropping”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
   • Moreover, when Democrats, notably former House minority leader Richard Gephardt, finally put their heads up in the late spring of 2002 to ask questions about that Aug. 6, 2001, memo warning of the possibility of...
   • We’ve seen that before, too: civil rights era sit-ins and freedom rides with multiracial participants drew the fierce ire of authorities alike, but black protesters were far more likely to be targeted with harsh jail...
5. Summary expulsion of asylum seekers, especially when violating the principle of non-refoulement.
   • "Every single pushback represents a violation of international and EU law – whether it involves violence or not." - 2021 May 5, Lorenzo Tondo, quoting Nicola Bay, “Revealed: 2,000 refugee deaths linked to illegal EU...
   • Jasmin Redjepi, president of Legis, said the “disturbing and degrading” pushbacks came shortly after an EU-Serbian border cooperation summit, aimed at strengthening the Serbian border against people-smuggling...

   Coordinate Terms: pullback

6. Squashing the main video channel into part of the screen to allow another video feed to be played simultaneously; especially, to squeeze the credits of a show in order to play adverts.
   • CBS’s new brand identity end credits “pushback” - 2018 October 5, Michael P. Hill, “NBC forgoes complete brand overhaul, but does add new vanity card”, in Newscast Studio:

   Synonyms: squeeze