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Definition of return

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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..

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Reward :: Reward (n.) That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital..

Returning :: Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retur.

Vengeance :: Vengeance (n.) Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution; -- often, in a bad sense, passionate or unrestrained revenge..

Predict :: Predict (v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet..

Redeliver :: Redeliver (v. t.) To deliver or give back; to return.

Payment :: Payment (n.) That which is paid; the thing given in discharge of a debt, or an obligation, or in fulfillment of a promise; reward; recompense; requital; return..

Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return; to come back.

Retroaction :: Retroaction (n.) Action returned, or action backward..

Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Torsion :: Torsion (n.) That force with which a thread, wire, or rod of any material, returns, or tends to return, to a state of rest after it has been twisted; torsibility..

Grilse :: Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.

Recourse :: Recourse (v. i.) To return; to recur.

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..

Regreet :: Regreet (v. t.) To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.

Essoign :: Essoign (n.) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

Sympode :: Symploce (n.) The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning and another at the end of successive clauses; as, Justice came down from heaven to view the earth; Justice returned to heaven, and left the earth..

Reflex :: Reflex (a.) Produced in reaction, in resistance, or in return..

Return :: Return (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie..

Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat..

Pay :: Pay (v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays..