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Definition:

a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy";

a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a reversal of autonomic function";

the act of reversing the order or place of;

turning in the opposite direction;

a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside;

a decision to reverse an earlier decision;

turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens";

an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating;

Hyponyms: undoing, regression, regress, reversion, retrogression, retroversion, about-face, about turn, u-turn, reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethink, whammy

Derivational Morphology: about-face, change by reversal, turn, reverse, permute, commute, transpose, invert, overrule, overturn, override, overthrow, interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop, revoke, annul, lift, countermand, repeal, rescind, vacate, swing around, swing about, turn around, set back

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