If inflation is 5% this year and 2% next year. Does that make the 5% spike transitory? It doesn't seem like it.
If you're driving through some country roads at 60mph you might have a transitory period where you pass through a 30mph section by some little hamlet; when you resume 60mph you're behind schedule (if you planned not expecting the 30mph section) sure, but you're still moving at 60mph again.
Why do we not have price level targeting aka perfect price stability? (targeting the CPI index to always be at 100) Because we don't have negative interest rates.
A slow down in the rate of inflation is considered disinflation.