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Regressive
  1. opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
  2. (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases
Retrogressive
  1. going from better to worse
Reverting
  1. tending to return to an earlier state
  2. a failure to maintain a higher state
  3. undergo reversion, as in a mutation
  4. go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
Rolling
  1. uttered with a trill; "she used rolling r's as in Spanish"
  2. propelling something on wheels
  3. the act of robbing a helpless person; "he was charged with rolling drunks in the park"
  4. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  5. execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
  6. show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
  7. take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
  8. shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
  9. boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
  10. pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
  11. flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
  12. arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
  13. begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
  14. move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
  15. cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
  16. move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
  17. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
  18. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
  19. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
  20. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
  21. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
  22. occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
Revelatory
  1. prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
  2. (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"
Retrospective
  1. concerned with or related to the past; "retrospective self-justification"
  2. an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
Retroactive
  1. affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
  2. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
Retro
  1. affecting things past; "retroactive tax increase"; "an ex-post-facto law"; "retro pay"
  2. a fashion reminiscent of the past
Restrictive
  1. (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports
  2. serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
Rabble-Rousing
  1. arousing to action or rebellion