change by reversal

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1.change by reversal - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"reverse, turnchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"flip-flop, interchange, alternate, tack, switch, flip - reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)turn the tables, turn the tide - cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"commutate - reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional currentswitch, switch over, exchange - change over, change around, as to a new order or sequencecorrect, right, rectify - make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the calculation"falsify - falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"permute, transpose, commute - change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word"metamorphose, transmogrify, transfigure - change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"retrovert, revert, turn back, regress, return - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"desynchronise, desynchronize - cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated timesdeconsecrate, unhallow, desecrate - remove the consecration from a person or an objectundo - cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"