Everlasting
Everlasting adjective - Lasting forever.
Returning and everlasting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Returning" instead an adjective "Everlasting".
Nearby Word: everlastingly
Returning
Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.
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Synonyms for Returning
Everlasting and returning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Everlasting" instead an adjective "Returning".
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Now Charlie in the book never broke the rules nor gave in to temptation and this event doesn't happen; he does redeem this action later in the film by apologizing to Willy Wonka and returning the Everlasting Gobstopper...which earns him custody of the factory.
Source: Out-of-Character Moment - In this case, Wonka was using this as an excuse to set up the final test of character, which Charlie passes by returning the Everlasting Gobstopper rather than sell it to Slugworth—who wasn't even Slugworth, but a man who worked for Wonka specifically for this purpose.
Source: Rant-Inducing Slight
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