Synonyms for "retroaction" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

action and reactionanswerautomatic reactionautonomic reactionbacksetbackslidingbackward motionbackward stepbounceback

Strong matches (12)

echolapsepredictable responsereactionrecessionrecidivationrecidivismreentryreflectionreflexreflex actionrefluence

Related words (21)

refluxregressregressionrelapsereplyrespondenceresponseretrocessionretroflexionretrogradationretrogressionretrusionreturnreverberationrevulsionriserollbacksetbacksternwaythrowback

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unthinking response

Related word relations

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2 relation types

derived from

1 entries

retro

related to

4 entries

actionopposingpastreaction

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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French

1 entries

• rétroaction noun (action with an influence due to a past event)

Irish

1 entries

• aisghníomhú noun (action with an influence due to a past event)

Italian

2 entries

• retroazione noun (action with an influence due to a past event)
• retroazione noun (opposing reaction)

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