7
backspace(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
come back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, back, slow)
7
descent(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
worsen(verb, decline, reduce, fall, fail)
6
descend(verb, drop, decline, drive, reduce)
6
fall(verb, drop, decline, drive, reduce)
6
restoration(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
6
retrovert
6
wane(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
5
decay(verb, decline, reduce, weaken, lapse)
5
deterioration(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
5
lose ground(verb, expression, return, reverse, relapse)
5
recoil(noun, verb, move, go, change)
5
subside(verb, drop, close, decline, drive)
4
fade(verb, decline, reduce, fall, diminish)
4
reasoning backward(noun, expression, idiom)
4
recess(verb, regression)
4
recur(verb, return, retreat, degenerate, recede)
4
retire(verb, drop, close, go, decline)
4
retrocede(verb, drop, close, go, decline)
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