noun
reversal
rih-VUR-suhl
noun
1
A change to the opposite direction, position, or outcome.
"The court's decision was a stunning reversal of the earlier ruling."
"His fortunes underwent a sudden reversal after the merger fell through."
How to Use Reversal
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA complete switch to the opposite of what was happening before.
Common pairings
a reversal of fortune
policy reversal
sudden reversal
Word Forms
reversals plural
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Etymology
From Middle English reversall, formed from reverse plus the suffix -al.