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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | regression |
| Synonyms: | recession, regression, retreat, retroaction, reverse, throwback |
| Main Entry: | retrogression |
| Part of Speech: | noun1, noun2 |
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Adjectives: |
crab, receding, recidivous, reflex, refluent, regressive, resilient, retrograde, retrogressive
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| Main Entry: | deterioration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decay, degeneration |
| Synonyms: | abasement, adulteration, atrophy, corrosion, crumbling, debasement, decadence, decaying, declension, declination, decline, decomposition, degradation, degringolade, depreciation, descent, devaluation, dilapidation, disintegration, dislocation, disrepair, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drop, fall, lapse, lessening, perversion, retrogression, rotting, ruin, slump, spoiling, vitiation, worsening |
| Antonyms: | betterment, building, construction, development, improvement |
| Main Entry: | lapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backsliding |
| Synonyms: | decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop, fall, recession, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression |
| Antonyms: | progress |
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political conservativism |
| Synonyms: | Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration, weakening |
| Synonyms: | backsliding, fall, fall from grace, lapse, loss, recidivism, recurrence, regression, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, turn for the worse, worsening |
| Antonyms: | healing, progress, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | about-face, antipode, antipole, antithesis, back, bottom, change of mind, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, counterpole, flip side, flip-flop, inverse, other side, overturning, rear, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversal, reversement, reversion, switch, turn, turn around, turnabout, turning, underside, verso, volte-face, wrong side |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Antonyms: | identical, same |
| Main Entry: | recidivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lapse |
| Synonyms: | backslide, backsliding, decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop*, fall, recession, recidivism, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recidivism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lapse |
| Synonyms: | backslide, backsliding, decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop*, fall, recession, recidivation, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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