reversal

reversal

noun

Definition 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>

Synonyms knock, lapse, reversal, setback

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>

Synonyms about-turn [British], flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face

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)