Passage and Return

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Passage

Passage noun - Forward movement in time or place.
Usage example: a swift passage from mere liking to actual love
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Return is an antonym for passage.
Nearby Words: pass, passed, passing, passageway, passaged

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.
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Passage is an antonym for return.
Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner
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old old passage old return
full full passage full return
safe safe passage safe return
special special passage special return
Other adjectives: long, brief, original, single, actual, entire, little, dark, dramatic, later, last, earlier.

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  • In a further act of Honor Before Reason, he turns down Napoleon's offer of asylum or safe passage to China, preferring to return to England and face the music.
    Source: Honor Before Reason / Literature
  • If you do take the mirror, you'll leave through the secret passage and can choose to return to the castle for the bad ending, or deal with Baba Yaga, driving her out of the valley and freeing it of its curse.
    Source: Multiple Endings / Adventure Games
  • Rumors persist that they were onboard a Japanese evacuation ship that was granted safe passage by the Allies (as it delivered supplies for Allied prisoners held in Singapore on the first leg of the trip) but was sunk by mistake by a US submarine on the return trip.
    Source: Missing Episode / Real Life
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