returned
Went and back
Returned is the past tense of return—to go back, come back, or give back.
Someone who has returned has come back from somewhere: She returned from vacation yesterday.
A returned item has been sent back: returned merchandise, returned mail.
In some contexts, returned describes someone who has come back after absence: a returned soldier, returned expats adjusting to life back home.
Gathering after separation
- familyRelated people together
- embraceHold closely in arms
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
roots · belonging · celebration · gathering · hometown · birthplace · memories · reminisce
Payment for services rendered
- refundMoney returned after purchase
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
restored · reclaimed · retrieved · salvaged · repossessed · redress · reparation · settlement
Return to former illness
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- cyclicalRepeating in rounds
- periodicOccurring at intervals
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
intermittent · chronic · persistent · reappearance · resurgence · revival · flare-up · habitual
reunion
Gathering after separation
nostalgia · roots · belonging · celebration · gathering · hometown · birthplace · memories · reminisce · comfort
compensation
Payment for services rendered
- refundMoney returned after purchase
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
- repaymentGiving back what's owed
recovery · restored · reclaimed · retrieved · salvaged · repossessed · redress · reparation · settlement · damages
relapse
Return to former illness
repetitive · intermittent · chronic · persistent · reappearance · resurgence · revival · flare-up · habitual · pattern
ricochet
Angled deflection off surface
deflect · echo · reflect · reciprocate · reverse · karma · payback · blowback · consequence · irony
guilty
Responsible for wrongdoing
- acquittedDeclared legally innocent
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
decision · finding · outcome · jury · indictment · sentenced · convicted · exonerated · cleared · charged
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- arrival wordsarrived, landed, here, present, home
- sent backbounced, recalled, remailed, repatriated, sent home
- brought backrevived, restored, recalled, recovered, retrieved
- going backwardretreated, went back, reversed, withdrew, backtracked
- shipping statusdelivered, in transit, out for delivery, shipped, pending
returnedkept
Didn't give away
retained · held · withheld · appropriated · confiscated
- in returnAs exchange or compensation
- tax returnIncome declaration to government
- return the favorRepay a kindness received
- return addressMailer's printed coordinates
- return tripJourney to starting point
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
return, returns, returning, returnable, returnee, unreturned, returnees, returners, returner