reverting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a failure to maintain a higher state
  2. verb go back to a previous state
  3. verb undergo reversion, as in a mutation

In classic literature

Synonyms

backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion

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