reversing
Undoing a direction
Reversing is the act of moving backward or undoing direction.
A car reverses when it backs up: She hit a post while reversing out of the driveway.
The term extends to any process of undoing or inverting: reversing a decision, reversing the charges on a phone call.
In law, a higher court reverses a lower court's ruling by overturning it.
Voiding of plans
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- overturningCausing to flip
repeal · rescission · retraction · withdrawal · countermanding · invalidation · abolition · abrogation
Reversal of position
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- flipQuick turning motion
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
- invertReverse position or order
transpose · swap · interchange · flip-flop · polarity · opposite · converse · negation
Reverse one's position
- retraceFollow a previous path
- rewindReturn to beginning
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
return · turnaround · U-turn · about-face · backward · regression · receding · withdrawing
Think about something anew
- rethinkEvaluate again differently
- reassessEvaluate a second time
- reexamineInspect once more
- recantFormally withdraw a statement
renounce · repudiate · disavow · retract · backpedal · flip-flop · about-face
Stored duplicate for recovery
Return to former state
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- relapseReturn to former illness
- worseningBecoming more severe
backslide · retrogression · decay · atrophy · setback · downturn · slipping · regressing
cancellation
Voiding of plans
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
overturning · repeal · rescission · retraction · withdrawal · countermanding · invalidation · abolition · abrogation · dismantling
inversion
Reversal of position
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- flipQuick turning motion
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
invert · transpose · swap · interchange · flip-flop · polarity · opposite · converse · negation
backtrack
Reverse one's position
retreat · return · turnaround · U-turn · about-face · backward · regression · receding · withdrawing
reconsider
Think about something anew
recant · renounce · repudiate · disavow · retract · backpedal · flip-flop · about-face
backup
Stored duplicate for recovery
regression
Return to former state
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- relapseReturn to former illness
worsening · backslide · retrogression · decay · atrophy · setback · downturn · slipping · regressing
- maneuveringmaneuvering, positioning, steering, repositioning, pivoting
- boating maneuverstacking, jibing, coming about, docking, mooring
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- motion changesacceleration, deceleration, speeding up, slowing down, speedup
- repositioningshifting, moving, repositioning, relocating, rearranging
reversingadvancing
Moving in forward direction
moving forward · proceeding · going forward · oncoming · progressing
reversingprogressing
Moving toward completion
advancing · continuing · proceeding · perpetuating · maintaining
reversingupholding
Continuing to support
affirming · validating · confirming · sustaining · maintaining
- reversing gearsShifting to retreat
- reversible beltBelt worn either side
- reversible laneRoadway with changeable direction
reversible, reversion, irreversibly, reversibility, reversibly, reversions, reversibles