reverting(n = noun.act) backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion - a failure to maintain a higher state;
is a kind of failure
has particulars: recidivism
Derived form verb revert₁

   reverting(s = adj.all) returning - tending to return to an earlier state;

N  reversion, return, revulsion, turning point, turn of the tide, status quo ante bellum, calm before a storm, alternation, inversion, recoil, retreat, regression, retrogression, restoration, relapse, recidivism, atavism, vicinism, reverting, regressive, revulsive, reactionary, retrorse, a rebours.