Return and Regress

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Return

Return verb - To go back to a previous and usually lower state or level.
Usage example: vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
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Regress is a synonym for return. In some cases you can use "Regress" instead a verb "Return".
Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Regress

Regress verb - To go back to a previous and usually lower state or level.
Usage example: in extreme circumstances, people sometimes regress to the behavior they exhibited in childhood
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Return is a synonym for regress in revert topic. You can use "Return" instead the word "Regress" as a verb or a noun.
Nearby Words: regression, regressive, regressed, regressing

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people return people regress people
time return time regress time
world return world regress world
country return country regress country
Other words: items, memories.
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