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reversalnoun a change in status for the worse usually temporarilythe company's long-term strategy is sound, and they should be able to weather this latest reversal knock, lapse, reverse, setback disappointment, frustration, letdowncomedown, decline, descent, down, downfall, fallturnabout, turnaroundrecession, regression, retrogression, reversionrelapsebreakdown, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing status quo a changing from one policy or point of view to virtually its exact oppositeparents need to be consistent in their discipline policy, as reversals will only undermine the whole process about-face, about-turn(British), flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face bait and switch, switcheroodenial, disaffirmance, disavowal, disownment, recantation, renunciation, repudiation, retractionreconsideration, retreat, second thoughthesitation, indecision, irresolution, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling(also wabbling) change of heart in the 15th century |