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Retrovert

To turn back.

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Lapse 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recidivate 76% connected

To backslide; to fall again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recover 76% connected

To cover again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Recuperate 76% connected

To recover health; to regain strength; to convalesce.

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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Relapse 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Resile 76% connected

To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retrogress 76% connected

Retrogression.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Reverse 76% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

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.

Return 92% connected

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

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.

Revert 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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