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backsliding(noun, adjective, back, return, slow)
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lapse(noun, decline, return, deterioration, regression)
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relapse(noun, decline, return, lapse, regression)
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throwback(noun, back, return, slow, backward)
15
atavism(noun, decline, return, lapse, regression)
14
regression(noun, decline, return, lapse, deterioration)
13
retrogression(noun, deterioration, regression, reversion, retrogradation)
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lapsing(noun, verb, back, return, slow)
12
relapsing(noun, verb, adjective, back, return)
10
returning(noun, verb, adjective)
6
reverse(back, return, slow, backward, reverse direction)
6
reversion(noun, decline, return, deterioration, relapse)
5
regressing(noun, verb, deteriorating)
5
retrogradation(noun, deterioration, regression, reversion)
4
deteriorating(verb, adjective, deteriorating)
4
regress
4
regressive(adjective, renegade, reversion)
4
retrogressing(noun, verb, deteriorating)
4
reversal
4
reversing
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