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reverting

noun as in backsliding

noun as in regression

noun as in retrogradation

noun as in reversion

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Example Sentences

Instead, the Democrats are reverting to Old Reliable: Social Security.

But of late we seem in danger of reverting to when our relations were symbolized not by the ISS but by ICBMs.

Yet it could be said that we are in fact reverting to the oldest way of all.

In part, he attempted to do thaw relations by reverting to a favorite theme: a lament of the media culture.

Is he reverting to one of the worst habits of his early presidency?

Under a Philippine hierarchy there would be a danger of the natives reverting to paganism and fetichism.

Reverting to the meeting-house, we may observe that just within its front door particular provision has been made for umbrellas.

Again, reverting to numbers: certain numbers were perfect, therefore those numbers must obtain in the great phenomena of nature.

"Tell me about the details of this mechanism," I said, reverting to our original subject.

In this respect, therefore, the Rosicrucians were probably reverting to beliefs and feelings of an earlier date.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to reverting, such as: backslide, lapse, lapsing, regression, relapsing, and reversion.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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