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restlessness, n. restiveness, the fidgets, uneasiness, agitation, turbulence, dysphoria.
restoration, n. return, rest.i.tution, replacement, reinstatement, reparation; repatriation; renewal, renovation, redintegration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, instauration; recuperation, recovery.
restore, v. repair, renew, reconstruct, rehabilitate, redintegrate, remodel; replace, refund, return; repatriate; resuscitate, reestablish, revive.
restrain, v. repress, suppress, check, bridle, curb, constrain; abridge, circ.u.mscribe, limit, restrict, narrow; withhold, forbear; debar, prevent, interdict, prohibit.
restraint, n. repression, constraint, check, suppression; limitation, prevention; confinement, duress.
restrict, v. restrain, limit, confine, repress, curb, circ.u.mscribe.
restriction, n. restraint, constraint, confinement, repression, circ.u.mscription, limitation.
result, v. terminate, end, eventuate, redound, issue, accrue, ensue.
result, n. consequence, effect, issue, event, outcome, eventuation, sequence; decision, resolve.
resume, n. recapitulation, summary, abstract.
resurrect, v. (Slang) disentomb, disinter, unbury, exhume.
resurrection, n. resurgence, revivification.
retain, v. keep, hold, reserve.
retainment, n. retention.
retaliate, v. avenge, requite, repay.
retaliation, n. revenge, requital, retribution.
r.e.t.a.r.d, v. impede.
r.e.t.a.r.ding, n. r.e.t.a.r.dation.
retentive, a. tenacious. Antonyms: unretentive, irretentive.
reticence, n. reserve, uncommunicativeness, taciturnity.
reticent, a. taciturn, reserved, uncommunicative.
retinue, n. train, suite, followers.
retire, v. withdraw, retreat, recede, retrocede, leave, secede.
retired, a. secluded, sequestered, unfrequented, withdrawn.
retirement, n. withdrawal, seclusion, retreat.
retiring, a. diffident, shy, coy, shrinking, reserved, modest.
retract, v. recant, rescind, recall, disavow.
retraction, n. recantation, rescission, disavowal.
retreat, n. retirement, withdrawal; refuge, asylum, seclusion, privacy, fastness.
retreat, v. retire, withdraw, recede.
retrench, v. curtail, lessen, diminish, abridge; limit, confine.
retrenchment, n. diminution, curtailment, abridgment, lessening.
retribution, n. retaliation, repayment, requital.
retrograde, v. retrocede, recede, decline, deteriorate.
retrogression, n. retrogradation, decline, regression, deterioration.
return, v. restore, repay, refund, replace; recur, regress, reappear, revert; requite, retaliate, repay; repatriate.
return, n. restoration, rest.i.tution, repayment, requital, retribution, redress; recurrence, regress, reversion; repatriation, atavism; recrudescence; relapse.
returning, a. recurrent, recurring, intermittent.
reveal, v. disclose, unveil, expose, divulge, impart.
revel, n. carousal, festivity, saturnalia.
revel, v. carouse; luxuriate, wanton.
revelation, n. disclosure, divulgement, exposition, apocalypse.
reveler, n. carouser, baccha.n.a.l, roysterer, bacchant, baccha.n.a.lian.
revelry, n. reveling, carousal, wa.s.sail, saturnalia, riot, baccha.n.a.l.
revenge, v. avenge, retaliate, wreak vengeance.
revenge, n. vengeance, retaliation.
revengeful, a. vindictive, implacable, resentful, rancorous.
revenue, n. income.
reverberate, v. resound, reecho.
reverberation, n. resonance, reecho.
