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Reverse
  1. reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
  2. directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"
  3. of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle; "in reverse gear"
  4. Go backwards
  5. turning in the opposite direction
  6. (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction
  7. the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
  8. the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
  9. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
  10. a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true"
  11. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
  12. turn inside out or upside down
  13. reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
  14. rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
  15. cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
Receding
  1. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
  2. the act of becoming more distant
  3. a slow or gradual disappearance
  4. become faint or more distant;
  5. retreat
  6. pull back or move away or backward;
  7. move back, diminish
Reflexive
  1. referring back to itself
  2. without volition or conscious control; "the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive"
  3. a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
Regardant
  1. looking backward
Retracted
  1. drawn back and in; "a cat with retracted claws"
  2. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"
  3. pull inward or towards a center; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
  4. use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)
  5. pull away from a source of disgust or fear
Retroflexed
  1. bent or curved backward
Returning
  1. tending to be turned back
  2. tending to return to an earlier state
  3. go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
  4. be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
  5. answer back
  6. submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority; "submit a bill to a legislative body"
  7. go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
  8. pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
  9. make a return; "return a kickback"
  10. give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
  11. go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
  12. return to a previous position; in mathematics; "The point returned to the interior of the figure"
  13. bring back to the point of departure
  14. be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
  15. pay back; "Please refund me my money"
  16. give back; "render money"
  17. return in kind; "return a compliment"; "return her love"
  18. elect again
Reversive
  1. tending to be turned back
Rostrate
  1. having a beak or beaklike snout or proboscis
Rushlike
  1. resembling rush or sedge