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reverting

DEFINITIONS OF: reverting

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n a failure to maintain a higher state

Synonyms:
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion
Types:
recidivism
habitual relapse into crime
Type of:
failure
an act that fails

adj tending to return to an earlier state

Synonyms:
returning
regressive
opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
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