reverting
noun
1 reverting
A failure to maintain a higher state.
synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion.
Dutch: hapering
adjective
1 reverting
Tending to return to an earlier state.
synonym: returning.
Roget 145: reverting etc. v.; regressive, revulsive, reactionary; retrorse†.
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