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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Reversal \Re*ver"sal\, a. [See Reverse.]
     Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Reversal \Re*ver"sal\, n. [From Reverse.]
     1. The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an
        opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted
        position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the
        reversal of objects by a convex lens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment,
        which amounts to an official declaration that it is false;
        the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which
        the sentence is rendered void. --Blackstone.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Reversal \Re*ver"sal\, n. [From Reverse.]
     1. The act of reversing; the causing to move or face in an
        opposite direction, or to stand or lie in an inverted
        position; as, the reversal of a rotating wheel; the
        reversal of objects by a convex lens.
  
     2. A change or overthrowing; as, the reversal of a judgment,
        which amounts to an official declaration that it is false;
        the reversal of an attainder, or of an outlawry, by which
        the sentence is rendered void. --Blackstone.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Reversal \Re*ver"sal\, a. [See Reverse.]
     Intended to reverse; implying reversal. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  reversal
       n 1: a change from one state to the opposite state; "there was a
            reversal of autonomic function"
       2: an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something
          that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, setback,
           blow, black eye]
       3: turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal
          of the image in the lens" [syn: turn around]
       4: a decision to reverse an earlier decision [syn: change of
          mind, flip-flop, turnabout, turnaround]
       5: a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower
          court was incorrect and should be set aside [ant: affirmation]
       6: turning in the opposite direction [syn: reversion, reverse,
           turnabout, turnaround]
       7: the act of reversing the order or place of [syn: transposition]
       8: a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an
          about-face on foreign policy" [syn: about-face, volte-face,
           policy change]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  reversal
     Αγγλικά n.
     ανατροπή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  reversal
     Spanish a.
     (n-g: used to describe a type of diplomatic note)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  reversal
     n.
     1 The state of being reversed.
     2 An instance of reverse.
     3 A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having
  problems.
     a.
     Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  reversal
     Spanish a.
     (n-g: used to describe a type of diplomatic note)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  reversal
     Spanish a.
     (n-g: used to describe a type of diplomatic note)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  reversal
     Englanti n.
     1 täyskäännös
     2 takaisku
     3 kääntö
     4 purku, kumoaminen

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  reversal //ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl// 
  обръщане
  an instance of reversing

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  obrat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  zvrat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/ 
  zvrat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  Umkehrung , Verkehrung 
   see: reversals
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  Umschwung 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  Umkehr…

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  
  αντιστροφή

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/ 
  1. परिवर्तन
        "The dramatic reversal of their parts created a problem."
        "Her luck suffered a cruel reversal."
        "Reversal of her role with husband makes every body laugh."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  poništenje, preinačenje, premještanje, preokret, promjena, ukidanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  1. megfordítás
  2. visszafordítás
  3. visszafordulás

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  reversal /rɪˈvɜ:səl/ 
   1.  zwrot, diametralna zmiana, zmiana
   2.  odwrócenie

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  reversal /ɹɪvˈɜːsəl/
  1. tersine çevirme
  2. (huk.) kararın bozulması.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɹiˈvɝsəɫ/, /ɹɪˈvɝsəɫ/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  REVERSAL, international law. First. A declaration by which a sovereign 
  promises that he will observe a certain order, or certain conditions, which 
  have been once established, notwithstanding any changes that may happen to 
  cause a deviation therefrom; as, for example, when the French court, 
  consented for the first time, in 1745, to grant to Elizabeth, the Czarina of 
  Russia, the title of empress, exacted as a reversal, a declaration 
  purporting that the assumption of the title of an imperial government, by 
  Russia, should not derogate from the rank which France had held towards 
  her. Secondly. Those letters are also termed reversals, Litterae Reversales, 
  by which a sovereign declares that, by a particular act of his, he does not 
  mean to prejudice a third power. Of this we have an example in history: 
  formerly, the emperor of Germany, whose coronation, according to the golden 
  ball, ought to have been solemnized at Aix-la-Chapelle, gave to that city 
  when he was crowned elsewhere, reversals, by which he declared that such 
  coronation took place without prejudice to its rights, and without drawing 
  any consequences therefrom for the future. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  204 Moby Thesaurus words for "reversal":
     abolishment, abolition, about-face, about-turn, abrogation,
     accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, afterthoughts, alchemy,
     alteration, amelioration, annulment, apostasy, assimilation,
     assumption, atavism, back track, back trail, backing, backing off,
     backing out, backing up, backset, backsliding, backup,
     backward deviation, bafflement, balk, becoming, better thoughts,
     betterment, bouleversement, break, cancel, canceling, cancellation,
     cassation, change, change of heart, change of mind, change-over,
     changeableness, check, checkmate, comedown, confusion,
     constructive change, continuity, conversion, countermand,
     counterorder, defeasance, defection, degeneration,
     degenerative change, descent, deterioration, deviation, difference,
     discomfiture, discontinuity, disenchantment, divergence,
     diversification, diversion, diversity, down, ectropion, eversion,
     falling back, fitting, flip, flip-flop, foil, frustration,
     gradual change, growth, improvement, introversion, intussusception,
     invagination, invalidation, inversion, lapse, mature judgment,
     melioration, mitigation, modification, modulation, naturalization,
     nullification, overthrow, overturning, passage, progress,
     pronation, qualification, radical change, re-creation,
     re-formation, realignment, rebuff, recall, recantation,
     recidivation, recidivism, reclamation, reconversion, recrudescence,
     recurrence, redesign, reduction, reform, reformation, regress,
     regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relapse, remaking,
     renege, renewal, repeal, repulse, rescinding, rescindment,
     rescission, reshaping, resolution, restitution, restoration,
     restructuring, resupination, retraction, retrocession,
     retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, return,
     returning, reverse, reverse of fortune, reversing, reversion,
     reverting, revival, revivification, revocation, revoke, revokement,
     revolution, revulsion, right-about, right-about-face, rout,
     second thoughts, setback, setting aside, severe check, shift,
     slipping back, sudden change, supination, suspension, swingaround,
     switch, switch-over, tergiversating, tergiversation, throwback,
     topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, total change, transformation,
     transit, transition, transposal, transposition, turn, turnabout,
     turnaround, turning, turning back, turning backwards,
     turning inside out, turning into, turning inward, turning over,
     upheaval, vacation, vacatur, variation, variety, violent change,
     voidance, voiding, volte-face, waiver, waiving, withdrawal,
     worsening, write-off
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 翻转,倒转,反转;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 翻转,颠倒,反转

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