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Return :: Return (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis..

Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him..

Regular :: Regular (a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits..

Retaliation :: Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth..

Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England..

Loop :: Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The act of returning, or coming back; return..

Routine :: Routine (n.) A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning..

Annual :: Annual (a.) Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.

Anniversary :: Anniversary (a.) Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast..

Quotidian :: Quotidian (a.) Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever..

Bout :: Bout (n.) As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round..

Restitution :: Restitution (v.) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body..

Church :: Church (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women..

Reviving :: Reviving (a. & n.) Returning or restoring to life or vigor; reanimating.

Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..

Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.

Regratiatory :: Regratiatory (n.) A returning or giving of thanks.

Antistrophe :: Antistrophe (n.) In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left. Hence: The lines of this part of the choral song..

Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains..

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