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giving back

noun as in returning

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For the co-editors of the book, making sense of the day also meant giving back.

“He always said his mom did so much for him, he wanted to start giving back to his mom,” Castillo said.

I put my private practice on hold for a couple of months and headed to the base with hopes of giving back.

She was finding time not just for her career, but for love and for giving back.

I suppose they feel the Obama camp lied about their guy, so they're just giving back what they got.

Long ago Malolas had been taken, and the armies of Emilio Aguinaldo were giving back.

Saurin took the coin, giving back a shilling without further remark.

She took up her Bible and tried to read, but the letters ran together on the page, harassing her sight, but giving back no sense.

Perhaps Fortune, in a mood of penitence, was giving back what she had previously taken away.

After wintering in the St. Lawrence, he, too, abandoned the country—giving back his immense viceroyalty to the rightful owners.

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On this page you'll find 229 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to give back, such as: recede, withdraw, back, draw back, recoil, and retire.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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