3
relapse(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
remainder(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
renewal(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
repulse(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
3
restoration(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retroaction(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrocession(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retroflexion(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrogradation(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrogression(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrogressive(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retroversion(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrusion(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
return(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reverse of fortune(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reversion(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reversion to type(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
severe check(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
sternway(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
surmount(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overcome)
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