David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> writes:

> "m...@apollinemike.com" <m...@apollinemike.com> writes:
>
>> On Nov 29, 2011, at 1:13 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>>> mts...@gmail.com writes:
>>> 
>>>> I'll just say to all you haters of `renvoi' that:
>>>> 
>>>> --) There is no English term that I know of that succinctly expresses
>>>> the idea of "being sent back to something."
>>> 
>>> "returned"
>>> 
>>
>> I meant noun.  And even `return' doesn't encapsulate the idea of being
>> forcibly sent back.
>
> Ask a tennis ball.
>
> "retracted", "rewound", "repositioned", "yanked back"...

Uh noun.

"retraction", "restart", "repositioning", "flyback", "retrace".

-- 
David Kastrup


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