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revert

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of revert

to go back to a previous and usually lower state or level

  • after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
Synonyms of revert

regress, retrogress, return
Words Related to revert

backslide, lapse, relapse

throw back

ebb

decline, degenerate, drop, fall, retrograde, worsen
Near Antonyms of revert

grow, mature, ripen
Antonyms of revert

advance, develop, evolve, progress

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