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Definition of Reverting
1. Noun. A failure to maintain a higher state.
Exact synonyms: Backsliding, Lapse, Lapsing, Relapse, Relapsing, Reversion
Generic synonyms: Failure
Specialized synonyms: Recidivism
Derivative terms: Lapse, Lapse, Relapse, Relapse, Relapse, Revert
Generic synonyms: Failure
Specialized synonyms: Recidivism
Derivative terms: Lapse, Lapse, Relapse, Relapse, Relapse, Revert
2. Adjective. Tending to return to an earlier state.
Definition of Reverting
1. Verb. (present participle of revert) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reverting
1. revert [v] - See also: revert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reverting
Literary usage of Reverting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"VIII. conveyed some rich church hinds (originally granted by the crown to his
brother James, and reverting to him on the death of James's only son without ..."
2. Historical memoirs of my own time by Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1904)
"Then reverting to the consequences which it might produce personally to himself,
he professed his readiness to retire to a private station without regret. ..."
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