reversal, reversion
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reversal, reversion
Reversal is the noun corresponding to the verb reverse, and means primarily 'the changing (of a decision)', whereas reversion corresponds to the verb revert, as in The style represents a reversion to classical Japanese tradition.
| reverend, reverent, reverential, revel, reveille | |
| reversible, review, revue, rhetorical question |
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