nnoun.acta failure to maintain a higher stateSynset:backsliding lapse lapsing relapse relapsing reversion
Derivationally Related Form:relapselapserevert
Hypernyms:failure
Inherited Hypernyms:backslidingfailurenonaccomplishmentacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:recidivism
vverb.changego back to a previous stateSynset:regress retrovert return revert turn back
Examples:- We reverted to the old rules
Derivationally Related Form:reversivereversionregressregressionrevertingreturnretroversion
Hypernyms:change by reversal reverse turn
Inherited Hypernyms:revertchange by reversalchange
Direct Hyponyms:fall backgo backlapserecidivaterecoverrecuperateregressrelapseresileretrogress
Full Troponyms:rallyrecoverrelapseresile
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changeundergo reversion, as in a mutationHypernyms:mutate
Inherited Hypernyms:revertmutatechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.alltending to return to an earlier stateSynset:returning
Antonyms:progressive
Inherited Hypernyms:returning
Similar to:regressive