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reversal
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of REVERSAL
1
a change in status for the worse usually temporarily <the company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal>
Related Words disappointment, frustration, letdown; comedown, decline, descent, down, downfall, fall; turnabout, turnaround; recession, regression, retrogression, reversion; relapse; breakdown, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing
Near Antonyms status quo
2
a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact opposite <parents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process>
Related Words bait and switch, switcheroo; denial, disaffirmance, disavowal, disownment, recantation, renunciation, repudiation, retraction; reconsideration, retreat, second thought; hesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)
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