| fall from grace(noun, expression, idiom, decline, loss) |
| fleeing(verb, adjective, receding, recessive) |
| frustration(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| frustrations(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| life form(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| living thing(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| organism(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| recreancy(noun, failure, retreat, failing, withdrawal) |
| remainder(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| retreating(verb, adjective, receding, recessive) |
| reversion to type(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| tergiversation(noun, failure, retreat, failing, abandonment) |
| throwback |
| vestige(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) |
| abandonment(noun, failure, retreat, rejection, withdrawal) |
| backward(adjective, regressive) |
| declension(noun, drop, lapse, deterioration, repetition) |
| defecting(verb, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance) |
| dereliction(noun, failure, retreat, failing, rejection) |
| disavowal(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance) |