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128 entries under noun topic. ×
| reversal(back, return, slow, backward) | |
| decline(drop, fall, back, return) | |
| retroversion(back, return, slow, backward) | |
| apostasy(failure, retreat, failing, withdrawal) | |
| turnaround(back, return, slow, backward) | |
| defection(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| desertion(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal) | |
| backslide(verb, better, repetition, relapse) | |
| deterioration(drop, decline, fall, back) | |
| betrayal(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance) | |
| fall(verb, drop, decline, failure) | |
| fault(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) | |
| mistake(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) | |
| oversight(back, slow, backward, reverse direction) | |
| regressing(verb, receding, regressing, relapsing) | |
| returning(verb, regressing) | |
| about-face | |
| crossing(verb, renunciation, renouncing) | |
| degeneration(drop, decline, fall, return) | |
| fall from grace(expression, idiom, decline, loss) |
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