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Retrogress

Retrogression.

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Broader term 6

Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regress 76% connected

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retrovert 76% connected

To turn back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Return 76% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revert 76% connected

To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worsen 76% connected

To make worse; to deteriorate; to impair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Recede 76% connected

To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relapse 74% connected

To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Relapse 74% connected

To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Retrogressive 74% connected

Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Retrogressive 74% connected

Tending to retrograde; going or moving backward; declining from a better to a worse state.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reversion 74% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Reversion 74% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Lapse 92% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Recidivate 92% connected

To backslide; to fall again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regress 92% connected

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Relapse 92% connected

To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retrograde 92% connected

Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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