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falling(noun, down, lowering)
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filiation(noun, posterity)
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heritage(noun, line, rank, family, origin)
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nosedive(noun, decline, increase, fall, decrease)
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recidivation(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
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recidivism(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
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atavism(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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backward deviation(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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backward step(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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breed(noun, company, place, type, position)
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descending(verb, falling)
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downturn(noun, drop, decline, increase, fall)
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ebb(noun, drop, fall, decrease, failure)
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failure(noun, upset, drop, end, decline)
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falling back(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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hill(noun, drop, fall, position, rise)
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house(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
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line of descent(noun, expression, idiom, strain, line)
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pitch(noun, drop, decline, fall, position)
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reaction(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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