3
annulment(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
atavism(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
atavist(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backset(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backsliding(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backward deviation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backward motion(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backward step(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
backwardation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
cancellation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
come back(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
comedown(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
descent(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
discomfiture
3
discouragements(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
elude(verb, stop, beat, halt, curb)
3
ending(noun, end)
3
error(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
failure(noun, decline, ruin, neglect, collapse)
3
falling back(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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