Passive and Returning

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Passive adjective - Receiving or enduring without offering resistance.

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Returning and passive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Returning" instead an adjective "Passive".

Nearby Words: passivity, passively, passible, passivation

Returning adjective - Tending to be turned back.

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Passive and returning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Passive" instead an adjective "Returning".

Nearby Words: return, returned, returnable, returner

Most of His relationship with mortals seems to consist of turning His face from them, looking back for thirty seconds, and then returning to a stance of "no, screw you guys", meaning he is, at best, very passive-aggressive and deeply indifferent towards collateral damage.

Source: Jerkass Gods

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