6
descend(verb, move, act, movement, decline)
6
draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, drop)
6
failing(mean, low, immoral, debased, deteriorated)
6
recidivate(verb, decline, fall, terminate, degenerate)
6
rehash
6
retral
6
reverse(verb, adjective, go, withdraw, leave)
6
withdraw(verb, move, act, go, movement)
6
worsen(verb, adjective, drop, decline, fall)
5
backslide(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
opposite(adjective, different, conflicting, unlike, facing)
5
retract(verb, move, drop, close, reduce)
5
revert(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
rot(verb, stop, drop, end, decline)
4
abreast
4
against
4
backtrack(verb, move, go, decline, withdraw)
4
change(verb, move, action, act, movement)
4
declining(adjective, reverting)
4
deteriorating(adjective, reverting)
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