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lapse(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
50
regression(noun, drop, decline, fall, right)
49
atavism(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
49
regress(noun, verb, move, drop, change)
45
reversion(noun, back, return, slow, deterioration)
42
throwback(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
41
retrogression(noun, decline, right, back, return)
41
backsliding(noun, drop, decline, fall, right)
30
return(noun, verb, move, drop, change)
27
recidivism(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
27
recurrence(noun, back, return, slow, deterioration)
26
retroflexion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
26
retrogradation(noun, back, return, slow, deterioration)
23
recession(noun, drop, decline, fall, back)
23
setback(noun, back, return, slow, deterioration)
21
decline(noun, verb, drop, reduce, settle)
21
reaction(noun, right, back, return, slow)
21
recidivation(noun, back, return, slow, lapse)
20
falling back(noun, verb, phrasal verb, back, return)
20
recrudescence(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
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