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retrogress(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
12
recede(verb, move, stop, drop, act)
12
regress(noun, verb, drop, close, go)
9
return(verb, move, drop, act, close)
8
decline(noun, verb, stop, drop, close)
8
deteriorate(verb, stop, drop, end, decline)
8
ebb(verb, move, stop, drop, close)
8
lapse(noun, verb, stop, drop, end)
7
relapse(noun, verb, drop, decline, fall)
7
sink(verb, stop, drop, close, end)
6
descend(verb, move, act, movement, decline)
6
recidivate(verb, decline, fall, terminate)
6
worsen(verb, adjective, drop, decline, fall)
5
backslide(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
revert(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
5
rot(verb, stop, drop, end, decline)
4
fall(verb, move, stop, drop, act)
4
slide(verb, move, action, drop, act)
3
decrease(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
3
disimprove(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
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APASmart Define. (2016). retrograde thesaurus. Retrieved September 29, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/retrograde/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2016. "retrograde thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/retrograde/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 29, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2016, retrograde thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 29 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/retrograde/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "retrograde thesaurus" 29 March 2016. Web. 29 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/retrograde/thesaurus/synonyms>