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To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one:
backslide, lapse, regress, relapse, revert. See better, repetition
To move in a reverse direction:
back, backpedal, backtrack, fall back, retreat, retrocede, retrograde. Idiom: retrace one's steps. See forward
To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark:
ebb, recede, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde. See approach

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