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If the runner retreats in the the direction of the previous base, she reinstates the force whether she retouches a base or not.
This is in no way treated like a missed base. Whether she tagged the base or not is irrelevant. She is now considered not yet at the base.
Of course, there has to be a force to begin with.
Abel on 1B. Baker hits a line drive to right. Abel thinks it's a hit, so he takes off. The outfielder traps the ball. Abel rounds 2B and is a few steps toward 3B when the coach wrongly yells that the ball was caught. Abel (a) runs directly back to 1B, ignoring 2B, or (b) runs back to 2B but misses it and then retreats to 1B, or (c) retreats, tags 2B, and then goes toward 1B.
In all 3 cases Abel has reinstated the force. This is the same in OBR because in all cases Baker is still a baserunner and the force is still on.
These plays are entirely different when the runner is not forced.
I'll supply substantiation when I get home.
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