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