# return statement

> programming statement that stops execution of the current subroutine, optionally passing back a return value to the code that called the subroutine

**Wikidata**: [Q3242416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3242416)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_statement)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BabelNet
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