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REVERTING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A failure to maintain a higher state

Synonyms:

backsliding; lapse; lapsing; relapse; relapsing; reversion; reverting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("reverting" is a kind of...):

failure (an act that fails)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reverting"):

recidivism (habitual relapse into crime)

Derivation:

revert (go back to a previous state)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to return to an earlier state

Synonyms:

returning; reverting

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

regressive (opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb revert

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