reversion

Roget category 145

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.7. Change
›› 1.7.1. Simple change

#145. Reversion

noun

reversion, return — revulsion.
turning point, turn of the tide — status quo ante bellum — calm before a storm.
alternation etc. (periodicity) 138 — inversion etc. 219 — recoil etc. 277 — retreat, regression, retrogression etc. 283 — restoration etc. 660 — relapse, recidivism etc. 661 — atavism — vicinism^† —

verb

revert, turn back, regress — relapse etc. 661 — recoil etc. 277 — retreat etc. 283 — restore etc. 660 — undo, unmake — turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.

adjective

reverting etc. v. — regressive, revulsive, reactionary — retrorse^†.

adverb

a rebours [Fr.].

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

debug info: 0.0007