reversion

Roget-categorie 145

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.7. Change
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#145. Reversion

zelfstandig naamwoord

reversion, return — revulsion.
turning point, turn of the tide — status quo ante bellum — calm before a storm.
alternation etc. (periodicity) 138 — inversion etc. 219 — recoil etc. 277 — retreat, regression, retrogression etc. 283 — restoration etc. 660 — relapse, recidivism etc. 661 — atavism — vicinism^† —

werkwoord

revert, turn back, regress — relapse etc. 661 — recoil etc. 277 — retreat etc. 283 — restore etc. 660 — undo, unmake — turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

reverting etc. v. — regressive, revulsive, reactionary — retrorse^†.

bijwoord

a rebours [Fr.].

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