option, alternative, stopgap, consolation prize, backup, bargaining chip, workaround, replacement, alterative, placeholder, contingency, plan b, scenario, eventuality, compromise, switch, choice, heir apparent, nonstarter, linchpin, starter, caveat, might, trump card, rotation, default, gambit, opt, savior, swap, remedy, longshot, keystone, scapegoat, lite, setup, maneuverer, frontrunner, mulligan, iffy, gamble, white knight, anathema, makeweight, batna, pairing, arb, steppingstone, cobble together, bargain, holdover, hedging, ideal, death knell, lynchpin, escape hatch, successor, brainer, plan, definiteness, backdoor, magic bullet, fig leaf, contender, saving grace, fait accompli, counterproposal, plug, counteroffer, recission, crapshoot, continuation, panacea, strategery, patsy, countermove, punchline, casus belli, wishful thinking, switcheroo, understudy, weakside, wiggle room, silver bullet, fallowing, moneymaker, excuse, antidote, flameout, bulwark, middling, position, fix, reconsidered, drafter, shortcut, disaster, gustiest, extension, loran, draft, consociational, expedient, capture, refuge, stopover, accessory, alibi, check, consequence, denominator, entree, exit, gimmick, landfall, measure, altemative, alternate, suggest, discuss, enunciative, implementable, possihle, preplanned, accommodationist, adversarial, advocated, aftercare, ameliorative, checking, compliance, conserving, containment, corrective

retreat

disengagement, pullout