відступати

From від- (vid-) +‎ ступа́ти (stupáty). Compare Russian отступа́ть (otstupátʹ), Belarusian адступа́ць (adstupácʹ), Polish odstępować.

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відступа́ти • (vidstupáty) impf (perfective відступи́ти)

1. (intransitive, literally) to back away, to back off, to step away, to step back, to withdraw
2. (intransitive, by extension) to recede, to retreat (move back; become less extensive)
3. (intransitive, military) to retreat, to fall back, to pull back, to withdraw
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to back down (withdraw from a commitment or position)
5. (intransitive, figuratively) to depart, to deviate, to digress (from a law, norm, rule, theme, etc.)
6. (intransitive) to be set back (leave free space next to it)
7. (transitive) to cede (:property or right to somebody)

• ві́дступ m (vídstup)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “відступати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “відступати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “відступати”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “відступати”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “відступати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “відступати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “відступати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)