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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reversal |
| Synonyms: | inversion, return, reversing, rotation |
| Concept: | Reversion. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
| Synonyms: |
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reversion, return; revulsion., turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum ["The state in which it was before the war" (Latin)]; calm before a storm., alternation (periodicity); inversion; recoil; retreat, regression, retrogression; restoration; relapse, recidivism; atavism; vicinism.
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-adjectives
reverting; revulsive, reactionary; retrorse.
-adverbs
a rebours.
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| Main Entry: | heirloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something inherited, often antique |
| Synonyms: | antique, bequest, birthright, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, reversion |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration, weakening |
| Synonyms: | backsliding, fall, fall from grace, lapse, loss, recidivism, recurrence, regression, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, turn for the worse, worsening |
| Antonyms: | healing, progress, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming again |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, answer, appearance, arrival, coming, entrance, entry, homecoming, occurrence, reaction, reappearance, rebound, recoil, recoiling, recompense, recompensing, recovery, recrudescence, recurrence, reestablishment, reinstatement, rejoinder, reoccurrence, replacement, repossession, restitution, restoration, restoring, retreat, reversion, revisitation |
| Antonyms: | departure, leave |
| Main Entry: | reverse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opposite |
| Synonyms: | about-face, antipode, antipole, antithesis, back, bottom, change of mind, contra, contradiction, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, counterpole, flip side, flip-flop, inverse, other side, overturning, rear, regression, retrogression, retroversion, reversal, reversement, reversion, switch, turn, turn around, turnabout, turning, underside, verso, volte-face, wrong side |
| Notes: | contrary describes something that contradicts a proposition, converse is used when the elements of a proposition are reversed, opposite pertains to that which is diametrically opposed to a proposition, and reverse can mean each of those the side of a coin or medal with the main design is the obverse (head), and the other is the reverse (tail) |
| Antonyms: | identical, same |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolution, curving |
| Synonyms: | about-face, angle, bend, bias, bow, branch, change, changeabout, circle, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, corner, curve, cycle, departure, detour, deviation, direction, drift, flection, flexure, fork, gyration, gyre, heading, hook, pirouette, pivot, quirk, retroversion, reversal, reverse, reversion, right-about, roll, rotation, round, shift, spin, spiral, swing, tack, tendency, trend, turnabout, turning, twist, twisting, wheel, whirl, wind, winding, yaw |
| Main Entry: | upset |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | problem |
| Synonyms: | agitation, bother, complaint, defeat, destruction, disorder, disquiet, distress, disturbance, free-for-all, goulash, hassle, illness, malady, overthrow, queasiness, reverse, reversion, screw-up, shake-up, shock, sickness, stew, subversion, surprise, tizzy, trouble, turmoil, worry |
| Antonyms: | calm, happiness, peace, solution |
| Main Entry: | backsliding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relapse |
| Synonyms: | backslide, lapse, lapsing, regression, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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