Return and Ripen

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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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Ripen is an antonym for return.

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Ripen verb - To become mature.

Usage example: pears ripening on the tree

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Return is an antonym for ripen.

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