10
holdover(noun, difficulty, life, past, anachronism)
9
retrogressive(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
8
rearward motion(expression, idiom, movement, back, process)
8
remnant(noun, pain, life, past, anachronism)
6
atavistic(adjective, back, return, slow, backward)
3
backsliding(noun, process, recession, regression, relic)
3
lapse(noun, process, recession, regression, relic)
3
relic(noun, process, recession, regression)
2
ancestral(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
ancient(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
archaic(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
primaeval(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
primal(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
primeval(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
primitive(adjective, characteristic, recession, atavism)
2
retracement(noun, movement, back, process, retrogression)
2
retroflection(noun, movement, back, process, retrogression)
2
retrograde motion(expression, idiom, movement, back, process)
2
retrograding(noun, movement, back, process, retrogression)
2
return motion(expression, idiom, movement, back, process)
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