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>>814
Nuance. 返る is more figurative "turning back" or "giving back" rather than returning somewhere physical. for example 振り返る　to look back.

戻る and 帰る　are closer in meaning in how they both mean to return somewhere. In therms of the difference between those two, I think 帰る is used more as a "return to base" kind of nuance. If you leave from where you normally are for an extended period of time and return back there, to home you typically use 帰る. 戻る is a general term where if you're in the process of going about different places, A > B > C, and you need to go back to B from C you'd use 戻る.

要するに
帰る＝return
戻る＝go back