Reversal

Intended to reverse; implying reversal.

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.

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.

a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside

a decision to reverse an earlier decision

turning in an opposite direction or position; "the reversal of the image in the lens"