Definition of return

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Return (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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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..
Redeliver :: Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.
Remeant :: Remeant (a.) Coming back; returning.
Quittal :: Quittal (n.) Return; requital; quittance.
Return :: Return (n.) An answer; as, a return to one's question..
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..
Counter :: Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing..
Home-coming :: Home-coming (n.) Return home.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Return :: Return (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Vengeance :: Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge..
Regress :: Regress (n.) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. The progress or regress of man..
Reform :: Reform (v. i.) To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform..
Rich :: Rich (superl.) Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine..
Regredience :: Regredience (n.) A going back; a retrogression; a return.
Money-making :: Money-making (a.) Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow..
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