21
regress(verb, decline, reduce, diminish, return)
14
lapse(verb, decline, reduce, fail, return)
14
relapse(verb, reduce, return, slip, weaken)
14
retrograde(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
12
worsen(verb, decline, reduce, fail, diminish)
11
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, reduce)
11
recidivate(verb, fall, fail, degenerate, deteriorate)
11
revert(verb, reduce, return, slip, lapse)
10
degenerate(verb, decline, reduce, fail, return)
10
deteriorate(verb, decline, reduce, return, slip)
9
sink(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
8
back(verb, move, drop, close, reduce)
8
backslide(verb, reduce, slip, degenerate, deteriorate)
8
recede(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
7
decline(verb, drop, close, reduce, withdraw)
7
retreat(verb, move, drop, close, decline)
7
retrocede(verb, move, close, reduce, back)
7
return(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
6
ebb(verb, move, decline, reduce, diminish)
6
wane(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
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