revert

IPA: rɪvˈɝt

One who, or that which, reverts.
(religion) One who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.
(Islam, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim) A convert to Islam.
(computing) The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state.
The skateboard maneuver of rotating the board 180 degrees or more while the wheels remain on the ground.

(transitive, now rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.
To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
(transitive) To cause to return to a former condition.
(transitive) To reverse (a change).
(transitive) To reverse a change made by (a person).
(intransitive) To return to the possession of.
(intransitive, law) Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end.
(transitive) To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.
(intransitive) To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.
(intransitive, biology) To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
(intransitive) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.
(intransitive) To take up again or return to a previous topic.
(intransitive, now rare) To return; to come back.
(intransitive, in Muslim usage, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim) To convert to Islam.
(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed, originally India, now also, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) To reply (to correspondence, etc.).
(transitive, mathematics) To treat (a series, such as y=a+bx+cx²+⋯, where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x), so as to find the second variable x expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.

Examples of "revert" in Sentences

The software program will automatically revert back to its previous version if any errors are detected during the update
After considering all options, the committee decided to revert to the original plan for the event
It is important to carefully review and understand the terms of the contract before deciding whether to revert to an earlier agreement
The company's policy is to revert any unauthorized changes made to the system back to its original settings
Despite numerous attempts to find a solution, the team ultimately had to revert to their initial strategy for completing the project on time