Definition of return

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Return (v. t.) To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks..

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Reversion :: Reversion (n.) That which reverts or returns; residue.
Requite :: Requite (v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to return (an equivalent) in good; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice..
Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
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..
Grilse :: Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Restitution :: Restitution (v.) That which is offered or given in return for what has been lost, injured, or destroved; compensation..
Regreet :: Regreet (v. t.) To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
Returnable :: Returnable (a.) Capable of, or admitting of, being returned..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Return :: Return (n.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south..
Quartan :: Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days..
Proleptical :: Proleptical (a.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
Reverse :: Reverse (v. i.) To return; to revert.
Reaccess :: Reaccess (n.) A second access or approach; a return.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
Reascent :: Reascent (n.) A returning ascent or ascension; acclivity.
Again :: Again (adv.) In return, back; as, bring us word again..
Odyssey :: Odyssey (n.) An epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the return of Ulysses to Ithaca after the siege of Troy..
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