Synonyms:
returning, reverting
Meaning: tending to return to an earlier state
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
Meaning: a failure to maintain a higher state
Usage examples
They held things more clumsily; drinking by suction, feeding by gnawing, grew commoner every day. I realised more keenly than ever what Moreau had told me about the "stubborn beast-flesh." They were reverting, and reverting very rapidly.