3
come back(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
discouragement(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
discouragements(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
fall from grace(noun, expression, idiom, decline, loss)
3
frustration(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
frustrations(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
life form(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
living thing(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
organism(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
remainder(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
retrogressive(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reversion to type(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
reverting
3
vestige(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
2
apostasy
2
recidivity(regression, relapse)
2
repetition(decline, deterioration)
2
returning
2
vice
1
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