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
mistake(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
organism(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
3
oversight(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
vestige(back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
2
decadence(noun, drop, lapse, deterioration, repetition)
2
declension(noun, drop, lapse, deterioration, repetition)
2
degeneration(noun, drop, lapse, deterioration, repetition)
2
drop(noun, lapse, deterioration, repetition, backsliding)
2
fall(noun, drop, lapse, deterioration, repetition)
1
about-face
1
backing
1
blight
1
declination
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