3
life form(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
living thing(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
mistake(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
organism(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
oversight(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
remainder(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
restoration(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrogressive(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reversion to type(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
vestige(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
1
fallback(noun, retreat)
1
retreat
0
apostasy
0
drawing back
0
evacuation
0
flight
0
giving ground
0
going back
0
lapsing
0
pulling back
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