revert
Go back again
Revert means to return to a previous state, condition, or practice.
Property may revert to its original owner.
A person reverts to old habits under stress: She reverted to smoking when the pressure mounted.
In computing, to revert is to restore an earlier version of a file or document.
In Indian and Southeast Asian English, revert commonly means to reply: Please revert at your earliest convenience—a usage unfamiliar to most American and British speakers.
Go back again
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- go backMove to previous location
- backtrackReverse one's position
- retraceFollow a previous path
retreat · regress · relapse · backslide · recur · reoccur · resume · rebound
Revert to earlier state
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- relapseReturn to former illness
decline · worsen · decay · retrogress · lapse · slip · atrophy · recede
return
Go back again
retrace · retreat · regress · relapse · backslide · recur · reoccur · resume · rebound · bounce back
regress
Revert to earlier state
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
- backslideRevert to bad habits
relapse · decline · worsen · decay · retrogress · lapse · slip · atrophy · recede · ebb
undo
Reverse a prior action
rescind · revoke · repeal · invalidate · nullify · retract · withdraw · countermand · abrogate · overturn
respond
Give a reply
rejoin · counter · return · get back · come back · acknowledge · react · feedback · response · correspondence
- renewalrenewal, reinvigoration, restart, reboot, fresh start
- repetitionagain, repeat, repeated, recurring, recurrence
- reversalsundo, overturn, flip, invert, backtrack
- text editingcopy, editing, paste, undo, delete
- fall backretreat, withdraw, recede, recoil, backup
- going backreturns, rewinds, backtracks, retreats, retraces
- in reverseOpposite order direction
- reverse gearTransmission position for retreating
- reverse psychologyUrging opposite of desired outcome
- reverse engineeredDeduced from finished product
- reverse engineerAnalyze by disassembly
- reverse orderSequence going backward
reverse, reversed, reverberate, reverted, reversion, reverting, reverts, reversions, revertible