Synonyms for reversion
Most common
lapse relapse backsliding lapsing reverse reversal regression restoration
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Lapse
lapse, relapse, backsliding, lapsing, relapsing dated
2. Reversal
3. Regression
4. Restoration — the action of returning to a former condition or practice
Other
revert, return, rollback, succession, back mutation, throw-back, atavism
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of returning to a former condition or practice.
- n. 2
The act or process of reverting something.
- n. 3
The act or process of reverting something. The act or process of reverting a database to a prior state.
Near-synonym: rollback (sometimes synonymous)
- n. 4
The fact of being turned the reverse way.
Related words
- Word family
- reversionist reversal
- Is a kind of
- change
Forms
- Plural
- reversions → lapses, relapses, backslidings, lapsings…
Example sentences
- lapse Tom began to lapse in and out of consciousness.
- relapse I try to be calmer these days. That outburst was a relapse into my old behavior.
- reverse You need to reverse your vest, it's back to front.
- reversal The recent data has caused a reversal of expectations.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| reversion | falling | |
| lapse | falling | |
| relapse | rising | |
| backsliding | rising | |
| lapsing | falling | |
| reverse | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- lapse1
- 6 letters
- return2, revert2
- 7 letters
- reverse2, relapse2, regress2, lapsing2, atavism4
- 8 letters
- reversal3, rollback2
- 9 letters
- relapsing3
- 10 letters
- succession3, regression3, turnaround3
- 11 letters
- restoration4, restitution4, backsliding3
- 12 letters
- retroversion, deconversion
- 13 letters
- retrogression
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (return2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- réversion