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Associations of "Held back" (30 Words)
| anachronism | A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. The town is a throwback to medieval times an anachronism that has survived the passing years. |
| backslide | Relapse into bad ways or error. There are many things that can cause slimmers to backslide. |
| backward | In a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal. Backward square leg. |
| backwards | Towards or into a worse state. Count backwards from twenty to ten. |
| behind | A kick that sends the ball over a behind line or a touch that sends it between the inner posts scoring one point. Don t leave me behind. |
| degeneracy | The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities. A slide into moral degeneracy. |
| degeneration | Deterioration and loss of function in the cells of a tissue or organ. Degeneration of the muscle fibres. |
| discontinuity | Lack of connection or continuity. There is no significant discontinuity between modern and primitive societies. |
| grab | Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand. She grabbed her keys and rushed out. |
| inverse | Something that is the opposite or reverse of something else. Inverse logarithms. |
| obtain | Receive a specified treatment (abstract. The price of silver fell to that obtaining elsewhere in the ancient world. |
| posthumous | (of a child) born after the death of its father. A posthumous collection of his articles. |
| regain | Reach (a place, position, or thing) again; get back to. They were unable to regain their boats. |
| regress | Calculate the coefficient or coefficients of regression of a variable against or on another variable. I regressed Sylvia to early childhood. |
| regression | An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely. There was 46 7 per cent complete regression in the placebo group. |
| regressive | (of a tax) taking a proportionally greater amount from those on lower incomes. Indirect taxes are as a group regressive. |
| relapse | Deteriorate in health. He relapsed. |
| restitution | The restoration of something to its original state. The coefficient of restitution. |
| retention | The continued possession, use, or control of something. The children s retention of facts. |
| retreat | Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. It becomes so hot that the lizards retreat into the shade. |
| retroactive | Affecting things past. A big retroactive tax increase. |
| retrograde | Show retrograde motion. The glacier retrogrades. |
| retrogression | The process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one. A retrogression to 19th century attitudes. |
| retrospect | Contemplation of things past. In retrospect. |
| retrospective | Concerned with or related to the past. Retrospective self justification. |
| return | The action of returning something. It might be worth checking with the box office for returns. |
| reversion | A property to which someone has the right of reversion. The reversion of property. |
| revert | Return to (a former or ancestral type. He ignored her words by reverting to the former subject. |
| throwback | Characteristic of an atavist. The eyes could be an ancestral throwback. |