return

return
v
1. go back, revert to, reverse, back up, backtrack; recede, ebb, wane, retreat, turn back; relapse, backslide, regress, fall back, retrograde.
2. come back, recur, reoccur, reappear, recrudesce; revolve, roll around, come round again; retroact, recoil, rebound, boomerang.
3. reciprocate, give back, exchange, requite, recompense, indemnify, recoup, reimburse, refund; repay, pay back, release, give up, restitute, disgorge; retaliate, redress, revenge, avenge, vindicate, get even, get back.
4. replace, restore, put back, send back; reinstate, reinstall, reseat, reestablish, rehabilitate.
5. reply, retort, answer, respond, come back, recriminate, rebut, rejoin, Law. surrejoin, Law. surrebut; reflect, cast back, repeat, echo, reecho, resound, reverberate, ring.
6. yield, pay back, remunerate, compensate.
7. render, report, announce, pronounce, pass sentence or judgment, adjudicate.
n
8. recurrence, repetition, reappearance, renewal, recrudescence; duplication, iteration, reiteration, rehearsal, recapitulation.
9. response, reply, answer, rejoinder, comeback, rebuttal, retort, repartee, riposte, counterstatement, counterblast, countercharge, Law. rebutter, Law. surrebutter, Law. surrejoinder; echo, reverberation, an-tiphon.
10. gain, profits, revenue, income, proceeds, Archaic. avails; yield, interest, increase, rent, earnings; crop, harvest, bounty; advantage, benefit.
11. reciprocation, requital, compensation, consideration, quittance, reward, Archaic. meed, Literary. guerdon; repayment, reimbursement, indemnification, indemnity, recompense; reparation, restitution, amends, atonement, retribution; retaliation, vindication, redress, quid pro quo.
12. homecoming, arrival, advent, comeback, reentry, repatriation; restoration, rehabilitation, reinvestment, reinstatement.
13. reversion, regression, regress, retrogression, retrogradation, recidivism, atavism.
14. report, financial statement, account.

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