RETROVERT

revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back

(verb) go back to a previous state; “We reverted to the old rules”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

retrovert (third-person singular simple present retroverts, present participle retroverting, simple past and past participle retroverted)

To turn back.

Noun

retrovert (plural retroverts)

One who returns to their original creed.

Source: Wiktionary

Re"tro*vert, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retroverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retroverting.] Etym: [Pref. retro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. Cf. Retrorse.]

Definition: To turn back.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition