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regression(noun, drop, decline, fall, back)
27
decline(noun, action, drop, fall, back)
27
throwback(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
24
lapse(noun, drop, decline, fall, back)
23
retrogression(noun, decline, back, return, slow)
23
relapse(noun, drop, decline, fall, back)
21
regress(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
21
reversion(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
20
atavism(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
19
retroaction(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
19
retrocession(noun, drop, back, return, decrease)
19
retrogradation(noun, back, return, slow, deterioration)
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backsliding(noun, drop, fall, back, return)
17
retreat(noun, drop, decline, back, return)
17
retroflexion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
16
recidivation(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
15
setback(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
14
backset(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
14
backward motion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
14
backward step(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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