reversal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reversal/rɪˈvɜːsl/
▶noun
- 1 a change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action: a dramatic reversal in population decline.
■ Law an annulment of a judgement made by a lower court or authority.
■ an adverse change of fortune.
- 2 Photography direct production of a positive image from an exposed film or plate.
'reversal' also found in these Oxford entries:
appeal
- de-
- debar
- debate
- defect
- defy
- demolish
- demonetize
- deplete
- deprecate
- desecrate
- destroy
- desuetude
- detach
- detect
- difficulty
- dis-
- discharge
- disclaim
- discomfit
- discomfort
- disconcert
- disconsolate
- discount
- discourage
- discover
- disdain
- disembogue
- disenchant
- disgust
- dismantle
- dissuade
- flip-flop
- inversion
- Ozalid
- peckerwood
- peripeteia
- recant
- repeal
- retrench
- reveal
- rollback
- setback
- somersault
- un-
- U-turn
- volte-face
