Definition of return

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Return (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary..

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Volley :: Volley (n.) A return of the ball before it touches the ground.
Returning :: Returning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retur.
Logrolling :: Logrolling (n.) Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.
Recur :: Recur (v. i.) To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind.
Irremeable :: Irremeable (a.) Admitting no return; as, an irremeable way..
Pennyworth :: Pennyworth (n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.
Repay :: Repay (v. t.) To make return or requital for; to recompense; -- in a good or bad sense; as, to repay kindness; to repay an injury..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
Return :: Return (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club..
Countercheck :: Countercheck (v. t.) To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Cycle :: Cycle (n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year..
Redound :: Redound (n.) The coming back, as of consequence or effect; result; return; requital..
Regression :: Regression (n.) The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Elisor :: Elisor (n.) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.
Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend..
Recriminate :: Recriminate (v. i.) To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
Return :: Return (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc..
Gratuity :: Gratuity (n.) Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment..
Reply :: Reply (v. t.) To return for an answer.
Proleptical :: Proleptical (a.) Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition.
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