17
lapse(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
16
regress(noun, verb, move, drop, change)
16
relapse(noun, verb, move, drop, change)
13
return(verb, move, drop, change, decline)
13
revert(verb, move, drop, change, decline)
11
decline(noun, verb, drop, reduce, settle)
8
retrogress(verb, reduce, slip, degenerate, deteriorate)
7
fall(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
7
recede(verb, drop, decline, settle, fall)
6
degenerate(verb, adjective, drop, decline, reduce)
6
recidivate(verb, decline, fall, weaken, lapse)
5
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, degenerate, deteriorate)
5
fall from grace(noun, verb, expression, idiom, loss)
5
retreat(verb, degenerate, recede, ebb, relapse)
5
retrograde(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
slip(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
4
backsliding(noun, drop, fall, lapse, better)
4
desert(verb, renounce)
4
deteriorate(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
4
fail(verb, drop, decline, fall, diminish)
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