3
drop(noun, decline, fall, decrease, failure)
3
eclipse(escape, going, loss, passing, disappearance)
3
error(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
fault(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
flight(noun, restraint, escape, retreat, loss)
3
frustration(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
frustrations(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
hard times(noun, expression, action, drop, decline)
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
recessional
3
remainder(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retraction
3
retrogressive(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reversion to type(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
slide(noun, action, drop, decline, fall)
3
vestige(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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