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turnabout(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
15
backward deviation(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
15
down(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
15
retroversion(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
15
reverse of fortune(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
15
severe check(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
14
reversal(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
14
turnaround(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
13
rollback(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
12
degenerate(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
12
recidivate(verb, decline, fall, weaken, lapse)
11
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, weaken, degenerate)
10
sink(verb, drop, decline, reduce, settle)
10
take ill
9
descent(drop, fall, back, return, slow)
9
fade(verb, drop, decline, reduce, fall)
9
worsen(verb, drop, reduce, fall, fail)
8
fall(noun, verb, drop, decline, reduce)
8
recede(verb, drop, decline, settle, fall)
7
anachronism(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
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