ADJECTIVE | all | reverting, returning | tending to return to an earlier state |
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NOUN | act | reverting, backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion | a failure to maintain a higher state |
Sounds | rihver'tihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | tending to return to an earlier state. | |
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Synonym | returning | |
Broader | regressive | Opposing progress |
Spanish | revertido |
Meaning | A failure to maintain a higher state. | |
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Synonyms | backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion | |
Narrower | recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
Broader | failure | An act that fails |
Spanish | bajón, caída, recaída, recidiva, reincidencia, reventón | |
Catalan | caiguda, fallida, recaiguda, recidiva, reincidència | |
Verbs | revert | go back to a previous state |
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