reversion

reversion

noun

Definition of REVERSION

the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior <after the birth of his baby brother, the toddler temporarily underwent a kind of reversion, acting like a baby himself>

Synonyms retrogression, reversion

Related Words backslide, lapse, relapse; atavism, return; nondevelopment; decline, degeneration

Near Antonyms gestation, growth, maturation, ripening

Antonyms advancement, development, evolution, progression