Synonyms for reversal


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ri-vur-suh l
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɜr səl

Top 10 synonyms for reversal Other synonyms for the word reversal

Définition of reversal

Origin :
  • late 15c., from reverse (v.) + -al (2).
  • noun about-face
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for reversal

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