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backset

noun as in setback

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Still well, but sit out in the cool air too long, and take a slight backset.

So Thad determined that should they meet with another backset, he was bound to put the matter before his chums in its true light.

If you find anything that will enable me to give that gentleman a financial backset Ill see that you get a handsome reward.

The water is backset by a mill-dam for two miles, forming a small lake.

Its backset, however, is caught in the yawning mouth of the race.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to backset, such as: disappointment, discouragement, downfall, lapse, meltdown, and relapse.

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

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