Retrovert

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who returns to their original creed.
Verb
  1. 1
    To turn back; to return to a previous state.
  2. 2
    go back to a previous state wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
backslidelapserecidivateregressrelapseretrocede

Etymology

From retro- + Latin vertere, versum (“to turn”). Compare retrorse.

Related phrases

turn back

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