n.
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : something directly contrary to something else : OPPOSITE
2 : an act or instance of reversing especially : DEFEAT , SETBACK <suffered financial reverse s >
3 : the back part of something especially : the side of a coin or currency note that is opposite the obverse
4 a (1) : a gear that reverses something also : the whole mechanism brought into play when such a gear is used (2) : movement in reverse b : an offensive play in football in which a back moving in one direction gives the ball to a player moving in the opposite direction
– in reverse : in an opposite manner or direction