n. Function: noun
1 a return to an ancestral type or condition or an instance of such a return FF1C; the law was a shocking reversion to earlier times FF1E;
Synonyms: atavism, throwback
Related Words: backsliding, lapse, relapse
Contrasted Words: advance, amendment, bettering, betterment, improvement; reform
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Synonyms: REVERSAL 1, about-face, changeabout, reverse, reversement, right-about, right-about-face, turn, turnabout, volte-face