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Reversal

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

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Narrower term 8

Afterthought 76% connected

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.

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Reconsideration 76% connected

The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.

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Regress 76% connected

The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. "The progress or regress of man".

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Regression 76% connected

The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.

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Retrogression 76% connected

The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.

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Retroversion 76% connected

A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus.

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Reversion 76% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

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Undoing 76% connected

The reversal of what has been done.

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Broader term 9

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Deciding 76% connected

of Decide

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Turning 76% connected

of Turn

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Invert 74% connected

To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…

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Invert 74% connected

To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of…

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Reverse 74% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Reverse 74% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Transpose 74% connected

To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

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Transpose 74% connected

To change the place or order of; to substitute one for the other of; to exchange, in respect of position; as, to transpose letters, words, or proposi…

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Turn 74% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Turn 74% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Blow 92% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Reverse 92% connected

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

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Reversion 92% connected

The act of returning, or coming back; return.

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Setback 92% connected

Offset, n., 4.

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Transposition 92% connected

The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.

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Affirmation 94% connected

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

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Affirmation 94% connected

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

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