a reduction in rate, quantity, etc.

a cutback in production.

a return in the course of a story, motion picture, etc., to earlier events.

Football . a play in which the ball-carrier abruptly reverses direction, esp. by starting to make an end run and then turning suddenly to run toward the middle of the line.

a maneuver in surfing of heading the surfboard back toward a wave's crest.

noun

increase , raise

noun

abatement , belt-tightening , curtailment , decline , decrement , economy , lessening , lowering , reduction , reversal , cut , diminishment , diminution , drain , slash , slowdown , taper , clip , curtail , decrease , economize , lower , prune , shorten , trim