reversionnoun [ S or U ]
uk/rɪˈvɜː.ʃən/us/rɪˈvɝː.ʒən/formal a change back to a previous and often worse condition:
The new procedures are being seen as a reversion to old, inefficient ways of working.
specialized law a return of something to its previous owner
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Change and changes
- a change is as good as a rest idiom
- adjustment
- alteration
- blip
- changeover
- drift
- ebb
- fluctuate
- gradation
- metamorphosis
- modulate
- paradigm shift
- perversion
- punctuated equilibrium
- shake-up
- speciation
- step change
- tide
- transfigure
- twist
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