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REVERTING
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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:
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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