N. regress,
regression,
retrocession,
retrogression, retrograduation,
retroaction, reculade, retreat,
withdrawal, retirement,
remigration,
recession,
recess, crab-like motion,
refluence,
reflux,
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb, return, resilience reflection, reflexion (recoil) 277, flip-flop, volte- face, counter motion, retrograde motion, backward movement, motion in reverse, counter movement, counter march,
veering,
tergiversation, recidivation|,
backsliding, fall,
deterioration, recidivism, recidivity,
reversal,
relapse, turning point
V. recede,
regrade, return,
revert, retreat, retire,
retrograde,
retrocede, back out, back down,
balk, crawfish*, crawl*, withdraw, rebound, go back, come back, turn back, hark back, draw back, fall back, get back, put back, run back, lose ground, fall astern, drop astern,
backwater, put about, backtrack, take the back track, veer round, double, wheel,
countermarch,
ebb,
regurgitate,
jib,
shrink,
shy, turn tail, turn round, turn upon one's heel, turn one's back upon, retrace one's steps, dance the back step, sound a retreat, beat a retreat, go home
Adj. receding,
retrograde,
retrogressive,
regressive,
refluent,
reflex,
recidivous,
resilient, crab-like,
balky,
reactionary Adv. back, backwards,
reflexively, to the right about, a reculons, a rebours
Phr. revenons a nos moutons, as you were
V. recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw,
shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove,
shunt, distance
Phr. distance oneself from a person
