Synonyms and related words :
abandonment, alcove, backset, backsliding, backward motion, backward step, bad times, bay, boom, bottoming out, business cycle, business fluctuations, bust, capitulation, cession, cooling off, corner, cove, crisis, decline, depression, dip, downturn, economic cycle, economic expansion, economic growth, economic stagnation, evil day, expanding economy, expansion, giving in, giving over, giving up, growth, hard times, heavy weather, high growth rate, inglenook, lapse, low, market expansion, niche, nook, peak, peaking, pitchhole, prosperity, rainy day, reaction, recedence, recess, recidivation, recidivism, recovery, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, relapse, relinquishment, renunciation, retreat, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return, rollback, sad times, setback, slowdown, slump, stagnation, sternway, stormy weather, surrender, throwback, upturn