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severe check(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
9
throwback(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
8
flip-flop(noun, change, turn, blow, growth)
8
turn(noun, verb, break, advance, back)
8
turning(noun, change, turn, back, twist)
7
backward motion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
backward step(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
change of mind(noun, expression, idiom, turn, back)
7
defeat(noun, trouble, ruin, delay, blow)
7
reaction(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
recession(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
reentry(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
refluence(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
reflux(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
rescission(noun, law, act, continue, recall)
7
retroaction(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
retrusion(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
sternway(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
7
transposition(noun, act, change, shift, improvement)
6
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