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Antonyms for reversal
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-vur-suh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɜr səl |
Definition of reversal
Origin :- late 15c., from reverse (v.) + -al (2).
- noun about-face
- The only reversal had been a minor one before the forest of Crcy.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- In the case of the world, the perturbation is very slight, and amounts only to a reversal of motion.
- Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato
- If so, it was by a reversal of polarity through an act of will.
- Extract from : « Disowned » by Victor Endersby
- This reversal is pregnant with a new outlook for statecraft.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- Worst we can hope for is a conviction and then a Supreme Court reversal.
- Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- This was simply a reversal of the procedure they had observed at the clearing.
- Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
- A reversal of the process of crystallisation may be actually shown.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- Indeed, the story of the reversal is somewhat singular, when we come to think of it.
- Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
- His confusion as to the reversal of right and left still abode with him.
- Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
- Remember that the constant must not be changed by the reversal.
- Extract from : « The Canterbury Puzzles » by Henry Ernest Dudeney
Synonyms for reversal
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