Return and Setback

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Setback and return are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setback" instead a noun "Return".

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

Setback noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.

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Return and setback are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Return" instead a noun "Setback".

notable	notable return	notable setback
long	long return	long setback
brief	brief return	brief setback
many	many return	many setback
Other adjectives: true, big, great, serious, little, slight, bad, permanent, possible, temporary, latest, recent.

But with XANA's return, it seems to have been just another part of its ironically named Xanatos Gambit, albeit one that seemed to be a major setback.

Source: Hoist By His Own Petard / Western Animation
Although your explorations of the titular ship have hitherto been fairly leisurely and forgiving in constraints of time, and death has been a minor setback-a return to a point shortly prior to your death after a few remarks from Arthur C.

Source: Trial-and-Error Gameplay

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