| VERB | change | retrovert, revert, return, regress, turn back | go back to a previous state |
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| Meaning | Go back to a previous state. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | revert, return, regress, turn back | |
| Narrower | recover, go back, recuperate | regain a former condition after a financial loss |
| relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back | Go back to bad behavior | |
| resile | Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed | |
| Broader | change by reversal, turn, reverse | change to the contrary |
| Spanish | regresar, revertir | |
| Catalan | retornar, tornar | |
| Nouns | retroversion | returning to a former state |
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