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relapse(noun, drop, decline, fall, right)
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lapse(noun, drop, decline, fall, back)
35
retrogression(noun, decline, right, back, return)
34
atavism(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
31
regression(noun, drop, decline, fall, right)
29
reversion(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
22
retrogradation(noun, back, return, slow, deterioration)
21
recidivism(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
21
reverting(noun, adjective, back, return, slow)
20
recession(noun, drop, decline, fall, back)
19
regress(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
18
recidivation(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
17
reaction(noun, right, back, return, slow)
17
retroflexion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
16
setback(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
15
backset(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
15
relapsing(noun, verb, adjective, back, return)
15
retrocession(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
14
return(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
13
backward motion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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