redescend
Go down twice
To redescend is to descend again—to go back down after having descended before, or after an intervening ascent: We redescended the mountain as darkness fell.
The word appears mainly in technical or literary contexts describing repeated vertical movement.
Grow worse over time
- worsenBecome more severe
- relapseReturn to former illness
- regressRevert to earlier state
- backslideRevert to bad habits
slump · fall back · dip · sink · weaken · degenerate · decay · retrogress
Inspect once more
- reassessEvaluate a second time
- reconsiderThink about something anew
- reevaluateConsider again more carefully
- reviewCritical written assessment
retrace · rethink · reexplore · readdress · reinvestigate · reenter · go back to · reimmerse
drop
Fall or release
plunge · dive · slip · slide · tumble · plummet · swoop · dip · reenter · submerge
deteriorate
Grow worse over time
backslide · slump · fall back · dip · sink · weaken · degenerate · decay · retrogress · ebb
reexamine
Inspect once more
- reassessEvaluate a second time
- reconsiderThink about something anew
- reevaluateConsider again more carefully
review · retrace · rethink · reexplore · readdress · reinvestigate · reenter · go back to · reimmerse
redescendreascend
Rise once more
rise again · reascend · remount · re-elevate · resurge
descent, descend, descendants, descendant, descending, transcend, ascendant, condescend, descended