conversion

1 a change in form, appearance, or use the conversion of the spare bedroom into a home office was easily accomplished Synonyms changeover, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation Related Words shift, transition; adjustment, alteration, modification; reconstruction, reconversion, redo, redoing, refashioning, reformation, remaking, remodeling, revamping, revision, reworking, variation; deformation, disfigurement, distortion, mutation, transmutation; displacement, replacement, substitution, supplantation

2 the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action the conversion of the natives to Christianity proved to be much more difficult than anticipated Synonyms persuasion, convincing, inducement, inducing, persuading, suasionRelated Words blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, entreaty, exhortation, urging, wheedling; seduction, tempting; influencing, prompting, swaying; lobbying, pressuring; brainwashing, overpersuasion